2024-08-04 12:09:42
As a country they are very small. But Joshua Cheptegei has taken himself to a unique height in the history of Uganda. This runner has won gold in world events like Olympics with a record. In the men’s athletics 10,000 meters event, Joshua finished the race in 26 minutes 43.14 seconds.
Joshua had already set the world record in 10,000 meters. But not in the Olympics. Now he completed the rest of the work and took a place in the pages of history. This record was previously held by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekel at the Olympics. Bekele set this record at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a time of 27 minutes and 1.17 seconds.
Three-time world champion Joshua won silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This time, he regretted winning the gold along with the Olympic record. This is Uganda’s first medal in Paris. Berihu Aregayi of Ethiopia won silver in the event with a time of 26 minutes 43.44 seconds. Grant Fisher of the United States won the bronze by 0.02 seconds.
Joshua said that he was inspired by the person whose record he beat and won the gold in Paris, ‘Whatever the youth want to achieve in life, it is their dream to achieve it. Saw the great Kenenisa Bekele win in Beijing. I have cherished it in my heart ever since.’