Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan runners won the 42kms, 21kms and 10kms races as hundreds of runners turned up Sunday morning to participate in the MTN Kampala marathon focused on fundraising to improve maternal health in the country. This is a wrap up of the marathons that the …
Read More »Jacob Kiplimo, one of 6 Ugandans in Kipchoge marathon record bid
Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 Ronald Musagala 🇺🇬 Abdallah Mande 🇺🇬 Thomas Ayeko 🇺🇬 Mande Bushendich 🇺🇬 Timothy Toroitich 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eliud Kipchoge believes he is ready to make history and create his “moon-landing” moment in his quest to run an historic first sub-two-hour marathon at the INEOS …
Read More »Cheptegei last Ugandan athlete to reach Doha
🇺🇬 THURSDAY Men’s 1500m H Ronald Musagala 10pm Women’s 1500m S Winnie Nanyondo11pm Friday Men’s 1500m S Ronald Musagala Saturday Women’s 1500m FINAL – Winnie Nanyondo 8.55pm Marathon FINAL – Stephen Kiptrotich | Fred Musobo | Solomon Mutai – Midnight Sunday 10,000m F – Joshua CHEPTEGEI | Jacob KIPLIMO | Abdallah Kibet …
Read More »Kiplimo makes it look easy in Manchester Run
🥇Jacob Kiplimo🇺🇬 27:31 🥈Eyob Faniel 🇮🇹 28:24 🥉Toni Abadia 🇪🇸 28:39 Manchester, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance teenage sensation Jacob Kiplimo continued his fine form Sunday by outclassing the field in the 10km race of the Great Manchester Run. Kiplimo,18, becomes only the second Uganda to win the road …
Read More »Uganda’s Kiplimo wins Cinque Mulini IAAF Cross Country Permit in Italy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s world junior cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo has won the 86th Cinque Mulini IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in San Vittore Olona, Italy on Sunday. He run the 11km race in 34:00 The Cinque Mulini is an annual cross country running race in San Vittore …
Read More »Cheptegei pulls out of World Championships 5000m race
Cheptegei pulls out of World Championships 5000m Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be no double attempt by Joshua Cheptegei at the World Championships. Team Uganda last night pulled him out of the 5000m race after he complained about fatigue and an injury he suffered during his stunning 10,000m …
Read More »Brilliant Cheptegei finishes 4th in 2017 world’s fastest 5k race
Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei marked his return to the track with an impressive 4th place finish in a star-studded 5000 Metres Prefontaine Classic race on Saturday. Cheptegei’s time of 13:02.84 is a season best for him, but the 20-year-old can run faster. He was 2 seconds short of his …
Read More »Cheptegei back on track for Mo Farah, Kamworor showdown
Eugene IAAF Diamond League Today: 5,000m 11.30pm Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei gets a chance to put his athletics season back on track when he runs against double Olympic 5,000m – 10,000m Champion Mo Farah and two-time World Cross Country king Geoffrey Kamworor at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday. Cheptegei, …
Read More »Simbine surprise 100m winner, Kiplimo 7th in Diamond League opener
Doha, Qatar | AFP | South Africa’s Akani Simbine surprised a world-class sprint field, including Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell and Andre De Grasse to claim a season-opening 100m Diamond League victory on Friday. The 23-year-old powered home in a time of 9.99sec to become the first South African man to …
Read More »Renewed calls for sports funding after IAAF golden triumph
The persistent calls for increased funding towards sports grew louder when a Ugandan teenager, Jacob Kiplimo won gold at the IAAF Cross country championship that was held in Uganda recently- saying the country has enormous, untapped potential. Seventeen year old Kiplimo won gold in the U20 category in the 8km …
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