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28 February 2023 | Athletics

Doreen Chesang and Hosea Kiplangat shined at the MTN-sponsored 2023 Source of The Nile Half Marathon in Jinja on Saturday. Kiplagat broke the course record in 1 hour, 1 minute and 28.2 seconds in his debut in the half marathon, smashing Ali Chebures’s 1:02:00 set last year. Uganda Prisons’ teammate Levi Kiprotich shaved off two minutes from his 7th-place finish last year for second place as Ben Somikwo completed a 1-2-3 finish. In the women's category, Chesang reached the tape in a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 24.0 seconds, improving her third-place finish last year by 35 seconds. Annet Chelangat from Uganda Wildlife Authority made it second while Rebecca Cheptegei grabbed the last podium finish for UPDF.
2023 Source of the Nile Half Marathon Results
Men
Hosea Kiplangat – 1:01:28.2
Levi Kiprotich – 1:03:11.5
Ben Somikwo – 1:03:22.6
Women
Doreen Chesang - 1:12:24.0
Annet Chelangat - 1:12:43.6
Rebecca Cheptegei - 1:13:19.3

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