David GOMBE
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei clinched the 10000m Olympic gold on Friday evening to dethrone Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega on the Stade de France.
The three-time world champion surged to the Olympic title in a report time of 26min 43.14sec in what might be his final 10000m race.
The 10000m ultimate was extremely quick, with the primary 13 finishers all coming in beneath the earlier Olympic report, that was set by the legendary Kenenisa Bekele on the Beijing video games in 2008.
The victory sees Cheptegei seal his illustrious long-distance working profession on monitor with the boys’s 10000m Olympic title that he has craved for including to his 5000m title he received in Tokyo three years in the past in addition to the silver within the 10000m.
He’s additionally the one Ugandan in Olympic historical past to win three medals on the video games.
Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi was second in a time of 26:43.44 whereas American Grant Fisher took bronze in a Season Better of 26:43.46.
Cheptegei’s compatriot Jacob Kiplimo who received bronze in Tokyo completed eighth in Paris whereas reigning Olympic champion Barega completed seventh in 26:44.48.
Uganda has now managed 12 medals in Olympic video games historical past, seven of those together with all of the 5 golds coming in athletics.
