All posts tagged "Joshua Cheptegei"
-
432SportsJoshua Cheptegei: A Marathoner’s Unyielding Spirit
Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda’s celebrated long-distance runner on Sunday completed his latest marathon with a sense of pride that transcended mere race times...
-
524SportsCheptegei out of 5000m race as attention turns to Chelimo
Budapest, (HUN): Uganda’s campaign at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary has suffered a setback following the withdrawal of long-distance...
-
979NewsHow Cheptegei won third successive gold in 10,000m World Champs
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: Uganda’s long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei on Sunday delivered a devastating last lap to win a third successive gold in the...
-
698SportsUganda dealt blow as Kiplimo bows out of World Athletics Championships
Uganda has been dealt a huge blow with the withdrawal of long-distance running star Jacob Kiplimo from the 2023 World Athletics Championships-bound...
-
916SportsJoshua Cheptegei pulls out of 2022 Commonwealth Games
Cheptegei, who is the defending champion of both the 10,000m and 5,000m at the Commonwealth games was scheduled to compete in the...
-
948SportsUganda’s Chelimo grabs Bronze as Cheptegei finishes 9th in 5000m final
Chelimo who on Thursday won heat 1 of the 5000m race came third at 13:09:10 to earn Uganda a bronze medal in...
-
1.0KSportsCheptegei, Chelimo set for 5000m final at World Championships
Cheptegei qualified in fourth position on Thursday with a time of 13:24.47 in the Heat 1 race won by his younger compatriot...
-
1.7KLatest NewsREVEALED: How much Cheptegei, Kiplimo will earn in prize money after 10,000m victory
According to the organizers of the Oregon World Atheltic Championships 2022, a total of 2,000 competitors from 192 countries are taking part...
-
689NewsPICTORIAL: How Cheptegei delivered masterclass to retain world 10,000m title at Oregon 2022 Championships
Cheptegei, also the world record holder, led for large periods of the race and held off all challengers on the final lap...
-
714SportsJoshua Cheptegei Wins 10,000m Gold to defend World Record Title in Oregon
Cheptegei joins the elite league of athletes Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia), and Britain's Mo Fara who have all won the world...
-
1.0KSportsJoshua Cheptegei wins 5000m race in Eugene
Cheptegei finished the race in 12:57:99 at the Prefontaine Classic as he fell short of breaking his own world record of 12:35:36...
-
485Big StoryFDC challenges govt to erect statue in honor of Cheptegei
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has urged Government to declare Joshua Cheptegei a national hero and erect...
-
465Corporate AffairsMTN Uganda contributes Shs100M towards Cheptegei’s fundraising drive
MTN Uganda has contributed UGX 100M to the Joshua Cheptegei fundraising drive to complete his training centre in Kapchorwa. The money is...
-
575Corporate AffairsMTN rewards shs175m to Uganda’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics Team
MTN Uganda has rewarded a collective sum of Shs 175,500,000 to the entire athletics team that represented Uganda at the 2020 Olympic...
-
496FeaturedCheptegei launches shs1.7bn fundraising drive to complete Kapchorwa athletes centre
Uganda’s 2020 Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei has launched a shs. 1.7 billion fundraising drive towards completion an athlete training centre he is...
-
902Big StoryMuseveni: Olympic gold medalists to earn Shs5m monthly salary
President Museveni has directed payment of a monthly salary for all Ugandan sportsmen and women who bring home a gold, silver, and...
-
663Big StoryCheptegei: My dream was to become Olympic champion
Joshua Cheptegei made up for his silver in the 10,000 metres to win the 5,000m Olympic title on Friday, succeeding two-time champion...
-
1.6KBreakingUganda’s Joshua Cheptegei wins Olympic gold in men’s 5000m finals
TOKYO, JAPAN: Ugandan Athlete Joshua Cheptegei has claimed his long-awaited Olympic gold medal after winning the men’s race in 5000m on Friday,...
-
896BreakingTokyo Olympics: Uganda gets first medals as Cheptegei, Kiplimo finish in top three
TOKYO | JAPAN: Ugandan athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo earned Uganda its first medal in the Tokyo Olympics games in the...
-
627SportsUganda’s Cheptegei finishes 6th in Diamond League 5000m Race
Uganda’s golden boy Joshua Cheptegei experienced his first loss in the 5,000m race after finishing sixth in the 2021 Diamond League that...
-
698Just InJoshua Cheptegei nominated for 2021 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award
Ugandan long-distance runner and world record champion Joshua Cheptegei has been nominated among five other in battle for the Laureus World Sportsman...
-
761BusinessJoshua Cheptegei ink one-year sponsorship deal worth Sh100m with MTN Uganda
CORPORATE AFFAIRS: MTN Uganda, Uganda’s leading Telecommunications company has announced a one-year sponsorship deal with reigning World Record holder Joshua Cheptegei. The...
-
770BreakingJoshua Cheptegei appointed Uganda’s new tourism ambassador
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Tourism Board have officially unveiled long Long-distance runner and world champion Joshua Cheptegei as Uganda’s new tourism ambassador...
-
861BreakingBREAKING: Joshua Cheptegei Smashes 10,000m World Record
In a span of just two months, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has smashed two long-standing world records – the 5,000m one on August...