20 August 2023 | Athletics

Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei claimed his third consecutive 10,000m World Athletics Championships title in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.

Cheptegei ran the 25 laps in front of a mammoth crowd in a time of 27 minutes and 51.42 seconds to earn Uganda’s 1st medal at this year's championships.

The 26-year-old won gold and was followed by Kenya's Daniel Simiu Ebenyo in second place for silver and Ethiopia's Solomon Barega in third for bronze posting 27:52.60 and 27:52.72 respectively.

Even though he was without his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo who withdrew due to a hamstring injury sustained in training at the start of August, Rogers Kibet and Joel Ayeko were good company.

Kibet managed a distant 22nd in 29:10.07 while Ayeko did not finish (DNF) on a hot, humid night at National Athletics Centre.

Ayeko acted as literally the pacesetter for the first 2600m split of the race as Cheptegei closely followed in second place.

He gradually ran out of steam in the subsequent laps as Kibet also started rising to the occasion. By the 4400m split, Kibet was 6th just ahead of Chepetegei who had dropped to 7th place.

With about 2,800m left in the race, Cheptegei surged again to 3rd place before breaking clear as he approached the bell.

Chepetegei finally stamped his authority in the 10,000m distance with a 53-second last lap for the famous victory.

The world record holder's next assignment will be the 5000m finals and he will grace the track with youngster and fellow countryman Oscar Chelimo who won bronze at the same event last year.

Men's 10,000m Results

POS	BIB	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK
1	2940	UGA	Joshua CHEPTEGEI	27:51.42 SB
2	2608	KEN	Daniel Simiu EBENYO	27:52.60
3	2267	ETH	Selemon BAREGA	27:52.72
4	2265	ETH	Berihu AREGAWI	27:55.71
5	2611	KEN	Benard KIBET	27:56.27
6	2132	CAN	Mohammed AHMED	27:56.43 SB
7	2070	BDI	Rodrigue KWIZERA	28:00.29 SB
8	2614	KEN	Nicholas KIPKORIR	28:03.38
9	2326	FRA	Yann SCHRUB	28:07.42 SB
10	2127	BRN	Birhanu BALEW	28:08.03 SB
11	3001	USA	William KINCAID	28:08.71
12	2495	ITA	Yemaneberhan CRIPPA	28:16.40
13	2083	BEL	Isaac KIMELI	28:20.77 SB
14	2843	RSA	Adriaan WILDSCHUTT	28:21.40
15	2596	JPN	Ren TAZAWA	28:25.85
16	3012	USA	Sean MCGORTY	28:27.54
17	2958	URU	Santiago CATROFE	28:28.49 NR
18	2734	NOR	Zerei Kbrom MEZNGI	28:30.76
19	2231	ERI	Merhawi MEBRAHTU	28:50.62
20	3002	USA	Joe KLECKER	29:03.41
21	2392	GER	Nils VOIGT	29:06.79
22	2942	UGA	Rogers KIBET	29:10.07
	2159	CHI	Carlos Martín DÍAZ DEL RIO	DNF
	2270	ETH	Yismaw DILLU	DNF
	2937	UGA	Joel AYEKO	DNF

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