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Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw
Date: 04 August 2017
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DATE OF BIRTH
Thursday, 12 September 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH
Uganda.
INTERNATIONAL
Uganda
Event(s)
5,000 & 10,000 metres
Championship Performances
Olympics: 2020 Gold 5000m
, silver 10,000m,
2016
6th. 10,000m & 8th. 5.000m.
Worlds: 2023, 2022 & 2019 Gold 10,000m, 2017
silver 10,000m.
Commonwealth: 2018 Gold 5,000m & 10,000m
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Joshua CHEPTEGEI - Uganda - Second in 10,000m at 2017 World Championships.
Nineteen year old Joshua Cheptegei chases the defending champion Mo Farah
to the finish line in the men's 10,000m final. The 2014 World Junior 10,000m Champion
gave Mo a real challenge and nearly all the athletes ran either seasonal (7) or
personal best (12) times with two National records - Canada and Bahrain.
2017 World Athletics Championship. London Olympic Stadium, England.
Friday August 4th. First Day. First medals of the Championships.
1.
Farah
Mo
GBR
26:49.51
WL
2.
Cheptegei
Joshua Kiprui
UGA
26:49.94
PB
3.
Tanui
Paul Kipngetich
KEN
26:50.60
SB
4.
Muchiri
Bedan Karoki
KEN
26:52.12
PB
5.
Yimer
Jemel
ETH
26:56.11
PB
6.
Kamworor
Geoffrey Kipsang
KEN
26:57.77
SB
7.
Hadis
Abadi
ETH
26:59.19
SB
8.
Ahmed
Mohammed
CAN
27:02.35
NR
Joshua during the early laps of the final. Ahmed is the Canadian who set his National Record.
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