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Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. Cheptegei is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres, and holds the world best time over the 15 kilometres distance.
Joshua CHEPTEGEI, Uganda - Marathon, 3000 Metres, 1500 Metres, Half Marathon, 10,000 Metres, 5000 Metres, 5 Kilometres Road, 10 Kilometres Road, 2 Miles Inside World Athletics Museum
Sep 8, 2020 · Ahead of the 2017 World Cross Country Championships on home soil, Joshua Cheptegei believed he could become the first Ugandan to take the senior men's title. But when the opportunity arose in the capital Kampala, he failed. Having led for most of the race, fatigue took over and he eventually staggered to the finish in 30th place.
Aug 6, 2021 · World record holder Joshua Cheptegei took the gold in the gruelling men’s 5000m final at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, finishing ahead of Mohammed Ahmed of Canada, who took the silver, and Paul Chelimo of the United States who scooped the bronze.
Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei on how he powers-up for his world record runs and gold medal wins: It’s all about self-talk
Aug 12, 2023 · Led by a duo of world-record holders, athletes from Uganda’s Mount Elgon are challenging decades of Kenyan and Ethiopian dominance. Joshua Cheptegei, the 5,000- and 10,000-meter world-record ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the gold medal in the men’s 5,000, surviving a physical and tactical race to hold off Mohammed Ahmed of Canada and Paul Chelimo of the United States.
Aug 20, 2023 · Joshua Cheptegei leads the 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 (© Getty Images) As in Oregon last year, and as in Doha in 2019, there was no stopping Joshua Cheptegei when it came to the crunch in a World Championships 10,000m final.
Feb 7, 2024 · Joshua Cheptegei leads the 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 (© Getty Images) As a young athlete – and although it happened 24 years before Cheptegei was born – Cheptegei was made aware of the fact that John Akii-Bua earned Uganda's first Olympic athletics medal when taking 400m hurdles gold in Munich in 1972.
Dec 1, 2023 · Joshua Cheptegei is yet to run his first marathon but two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge believes the Ugandan could become the world's fastest man over 26.2 miles....
