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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Steeplechaser Avinash Sable to train in Uganda from April to July
• 4 years agoThe 26-year-old will be training under foreign coach Addy Ruiter, who has guided athletes like Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, the current world record holder in men's 5000m and 10,000m. Kenya, Morocco and Uganda are considered the hubs of steeplechase.
Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech betters five-kilometre world record by one second in Monaco
• 4 years agoThe 29-year-old added to her 3,000m steeplechase world record with a time of 14 minutes 43 seconds in Monaco.
World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year
• 4 years agoGidey, 22, sliced more than four seconds off the previous 5,000m record with a time of 14 min 06.62sec in a race in Valencia
Peres Jepchirchir beats own half-marathon world record in Gdynia; Joshua Cheptegei misses out on medal
• 5 years agoJepchirchir came home just two seconds clear of Germany's Melat Yisak Kejeta, who smashed the European women-only record to take silver in 1hr 05min 18secs, with Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw a further second behind.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe praises pacemaking lights, says sport 'has to innovate'
• 5 years agoCoe also argued that pacemakers had been around for decades, notably citing Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile as a "pace-made event".
Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei smash long-distance world records in Valencia
• 5 years agoGidey put up the run of her short career a year after taking 10,000m silver at the world athletics championships in Doha.
Monaco Diamond League: Joshua Cheptegei breaks 16-year-old 5,000m world record, Noah Lyles' raised fist protest as athletics returns
• 5 years agoIn perfect conditions, with little wind and temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius (81F), Cheptegei clocked 12min 35.36sec to shatter Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele's previous best of 12:37.35, set in 2004.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto's 5 km road world record
• 5 years agoCheptegei, the 10,000m world champion, crossed the finish line in 12 minutes and 51 seconds in his first race of the year to eclipse Kipruto’s effort from the 10K Valencia Ibercaja in Spain last month
Joshua Cheptegei breaks Patrick Komon's nine-year old 10,000m world record in Valencia
• 5 years agoThe Ugandan set a time of 26 minutes, 38 seconds — six seconds faster than the previous record held by Kenya’s Patrick Komon since 2010.
IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Mo Farah's sensational 10,000m win lights up Day 1
Sundeepm • 8 years agoIn a night that lit up like a firestorm of passion, Mo Farah, now the greatest long-distance runner ever, sprinted past the finish line of the 10,000m race in 26:49.51.