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President Museveni has promised to build houses and buy cars for athletes who win gold. The President made the promise during a luncheon at State House. He said, “The government will also build a house and buy a car for athletes who win gold at international championships like the Commonwealth or
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Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei on Sunday evening won the men's 10000m race at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar With a finish time of 26:46.37, Cheptegei came first in the race and won a gold medal. This is the second-fastest time in World Championships history. Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha won
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Ugandan Athlete Joshua Cheptegei has won in the men's 5000m race at the IAAF Diamond League held in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday (August 29th 2019). Cheptegei crossed the finish line at a finish time of 12.57.41 to win a Diamond Trophy and a cash prize of $50,000 (About Shs 184 million). Ethiopia’s Hagos
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Ugandan athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo came first and second in the 10km senior men's race at the IAAF Senior World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus Denmark on Saturday, winning gold and silver medals respectively. Cheptegei crossed the finishing line in 31 minutes and 40 seconds to win gold and
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President Yoweri Museveni has said government will pay monthly salaries to the medalists at the just concluded Commonwealth games and build houses for those that won gold. The president was speaking at a luncheon he hosted together with the Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs. Janet Museveni, at State House, Entebbe
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The team that represented Uganda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia was on Thursday afternoon given a heroes’ welcome as they returned to the country. The team that touched down at Entebbe at around 1:00PM was welcomed by the first lady also minister of Education and Sports Mrs
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Ugandan long distance runner Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei has Friday won his second Gold Medal in the ongoing 2018 Common Wealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Cheptegei completed the double by winning the men's 10,000m final with a record finish time of 27:19.62. Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed came second with a finish time of 27.20.56 to
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Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has praised Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei gold in the men's 5000m final at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. "Congratulations to Joshua Cheptegei for winning Gold in the Men's 5,000m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia," wrote Museveni on Sunday. "Your country is proud of you!" Cheptegei
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Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei has dedicated his IAAF World Championships Silver Medal to President Yoweri Museveni. Cheptegei won the medal after finishing second in the men’s 10,000m race on Friday with a time of 26:49.94 behind Sir Mo Farah of Great Britain. “I dedicate a prestigious World 10000m Silver Medal to
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Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei on Friday won a silver medal at the 2017 IAAF World Championships happening in London, UK. Cheptegei, who took part in the men's 10,000m race, came second with a time of 26:49.94, finishing behind Sir Mo Farah of Great Britain. Kenya's Paul Tanui finished third with a
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