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Kiprop and Cherop win medals, ready to take over from Cheptegei and Chemutai U-20 men’s 5000m final 👏 🥇 Andrew Alamisi 🇰🇪 🥈 Abdisa Fayisa 🇪🇹 🥉 Keneth Kiprop 🇺🇬 U-20 women’s 5000m final 👏 🥇 Medina Eisa 🇪🇹 🥈 Mekedes Alemshete 🇪🇹 🥉 Charity Cherop 🇺🇬 Lima, Peru | …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Athletics Olympic team has been cautioned against the use of banned substances ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics slated from July 26th to August 11th in Paris France. Beatrice Ayikoru, the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) Secretary-General during an exclusive interview with Uganda Radio Network (URN), warned …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Athletics team has entered a residential camp to prepare for the Paris Olympics games scheduled for July 26th to August 11th in France. The team of over 20 athletes is camping at Trinity Biblical Institute in Kapchorwa under the guidance of the …

ACCRA, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana has won the bid to host the 2026 African Athletics Championships, Ghana Athletics announced on Saturday. A post on its official X account, formerly Twitter, said, “Ghana Athletics wins the bid to host the 2026 African Athletics Championship in Accra. The Confederation of African …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National athletics team for the 45th edition of the World Cross Country Championships has commenced residential training at Trinity Biblical Institute in Kapchorwa in preparation for the event scheduled for March 30th, 2024, in Belgrade, Serbia The team comprises over 28 athletes …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Long-distance runner Ben Chelimo Somikwo on Saturday won the regional cross-country championships held in Mbale City. The Prisons Athletics Club competitor, in a formidable race, secured the 21km race victory in 1:02:02 seconds. He was followed by Maxwell Kortek Rotich who crossed the finishing line in …

Budapest, Hungary | THE INDEPENDENT | Three time World 10,000m champion Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei has announced his intention to transition from track events to marathon races, saying that the time has come for him to embrace a new chapter in his athletic career. Cheptegei’s decision comes after securing his third …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six athletes for the 2023 World Athletics Championship have been flagged off at the National Council of Sports – NCS Headquarters in Lugogo. The championship starts on Saturday, August 19th and will run to 27th August 2023, with Uganda sending 20 athletes across different …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) has unveiled a contingent of 21 athletes to represent Uganda at the upcoming World Championships in athletics, scheduled from August 19th to 27th, 2023, in Budapest, Hungary. This marks an increase from the previous edition, where 17 Ugandan athletes participated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei came second at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Friday. The reigning duo World record holder in 10.000 and 5.000 meters ended the race in a time of 12:41.61 microseconds and it was won by Ethiopia’s Belihu Aregewi who …