They were set to run the semifinals on Wednesday before the news broke. Cheptegei is the world record holder at 5,000m and 10,000m since 2020. Kiplimo, the half-marathon record-holder, has bested ...

World record holder Joshua Cheptegei finally got his Olympic gold, winning the men's 5000m in 12:58.15. The victory came after the Ugandan runner was upset in the men's 10,000m on Friday. Ethiopia's ...

MONACO (Reuters) - Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record by almost two seconds as athletics returned ...

The 10th Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata will witness over 23,000 runners from across the world, with double Olympic and triple ...

Mohammed Ahmed of Canada finished in second, and Paul Chelimo of the United States finished in third. By Matthew Futterman Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the gold medal in the men’s 5,000, surviving ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter final Friday to win in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds ...

TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, the world record holder, won the men's 5,000 metres gold at the Olympics on Friday with a well-planned final push to add to his 10,000m silver from ...

World record holder Joshua Cheptegei finally got his Olympic gold, winning the men's 5000m in 12:58.15. The victory came after the Ugandan runner was upset in the men's 10,000m on Friday. Ethiopia's ...

Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - August 14, 2020. Joshua Cheptegei celebrates after winning the men's 5000m and setting a new world record. [Pool via REUTERS/Valery Hache ...