Joshua Cheptegei
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Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres, and once held the world best time over the 15 kilometres dis
Cheptegei at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Cheptegei (L in yellow) races the 5000 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he finished eighth.
Cheptegei (C) with his gold for the 10,000 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene.
The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54.14 for women.
Joshua Cheptegei
…His splits were 2:31.87; 5:03.77; 7:35.14 and 10:05.46. Kenenisa congratulated Cheptegei from Addis Ababa. On 7 October 2020, in Valencia, he set a world record time of 26:11.00 in the 10,000 metres, which improved on Kenenisa Bekele's 15-year-old record by more than 6 seconds. Cheptegei won gold in the 5,000 metres and silver…
Former men's world record holder Kenenisa Bekele celebrating his 2009 world title in the 10,000 m