Uganda has claimed its second gold medal after Joshua Cheptegei won the race in the men’s 5,000m finals today afternoon during the 2020 Olympics games in Tokyo, the Japanese capital.
Clocking a time of 12:58:15, the world record holder in the 5000 metres showed he is class apart after beating Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed who came second after clocking 12:58:61 whereas USA’s Paul Chelimo clocked 12:59:05 in the third position in the men’s 5000m finals at the ongoing 2020 Olympics game in Tokyo.
Cheptegei’s gold medal is the fourth for Uganda overall after he earlier won silver whereas Jacob Kiplimo(bronze) and Peruth Chemutai (gold) are the other medalists so far.
Cheptegei’s gold medal is only the fourth at the Olympics for Uganda since 1956, with John Akii-Bua(1972) , Stephen Kiprotich(2012) and Peruth Chemutai (2020) the other Ugandans to have reached the feat.
In today’s 5000m race Uganda had three athletes including Jocob Kiplimo who came fifth and Oscar Chelimo who unfortunately came last.
In women’s 1500m, the only Ugandan Winnie Nanyondo came 7th in the race won by Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon.
