Kampala, UGANDA
The 17th
edition of the IAAF World Championships commences on Friday, September 27 in
Doha, Qatar at the multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium.
The
ten-day championship comes at the close of the 2019 calendar after all the 16
Diamond League events climaxed, and have been regarded by many, as build-ups to
the event, a timely occurrence for the first time in the history of the Diamond
League.
Uganda
will be represented by a strong contingent of 22 athletes who were officially
flagged off by the National Council of Sports (NCS) on Tuesday, September 24 in
Lugogo, Kampala.
Uganda
heads to the biennial event with a heightened ambition of bringing more medals
home than was achieved at the last championships in 2017 in London.
Uganda
won one medal through long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei who was beaten for
pace by Mo Farah to finish second in the 5000M final.
Joshua
Cheptegei will lead Team Uganda at the IAAF World Championships in Doha.
Cheptegei
comes to the championships after setting a personal best in the 5000m race
during the Diamond League final in Zurich, Switzerland last month in August
2019, and with that victory, became the first Ugandan to ever win a Diamond
League trophy.
Cheptegei,
however, will be setting his targets on conquering the 10,000m event at the
World Championships in Doha.
Olympic
gold medalist Stephen Kiprotich returns to action for his third World Athletics
Championships marathon and will be looking to replicate his debut appearance
with another gold like he achieved in 2013 in Moscow, Russia.
The
Ugandan ladies will also look to fly Uganda’s flag high at the World
Championships through rising sensational sprinter Shida Leni who broke the
national 400m and 200m records at the National Championships held at Mandela
National Stadium, and Peruth Chemutai who ran her season-best in the 3000m
steeplechase at the Diamond League in Shanghai, China.
Middle distance runners Halima Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo bolster
Uganda’s chances with a good run of form from the All Africa Games in Rabat,
Morocco where Nakaayi earned bronze in the 800m with a time of 2:03.55 while
Nanyondo set a new national record and personal best in the 1500m at the
Diamond League in Shanghai, China clocking 4:01.39.
Doha will host 3500 athletes from 205 countries all over the world in
the highly anticipated event that is taking place in the Middle East for the
first time ever.
Team Uganda
Men (According to Discipline)
·
1500m: Ronald MUSAGALA
·
5000m: Oscar CHELIMO, Stephen KISSA
·
10,000m: Joshua CHEPTEGEI, Jacob KIPLIMO, Abdallah Kibet MANDE
·
Marathon: Stephen KIPROTICH, Fred MUSOBO, Solomon MUTAI
·
3000m Steeplechase: Albert CHEMUTAI, Benjamin KIPLAGAT, Boniface Abel
SIKOWO
Women (According to Discipline)
·
400m: Leni SHIDA
·
800m: Halimah NAKAAYI, Winnie NANYONDO
·
1500m: Esther CHEBET, Winnie NANYONDO
·
5000m: Sarah CHELANGAT
·
10,000m: Rachael Zena CHEBET, Juliet CHEKWEL, Stella CHESANG
·
Marathon: Linet Toroitich CHEBET
·
3000m Steeplechase: Peruth CHEMUTAI
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