04 May 2024 | Athletics

The biggest long-distance stars from Uganda, Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo, will be in action in the 5000m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday, 30th May.

Cheptegei will be looking to emulate the form that saw him break the world record with 12:35.36 at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco in 2020 and a year later win Olympic gold in Tokyo.

Cheptegei will be joined in Oslo by compatriot Jacob Kiplimo who will only be looking for his second Diamond League victory having won the 3000m race in Rome four years ago.

Current world number one Yomif Kejelcha and 2021 Wanda Diamond League champion Berihu Aregawi, both Ethiopian, are also among the starters in what promises to be a race for the ages at the sixth leg of the 2024 season.

Hagos Gebrhiwet and Telahun Haile Bekele are the other Ethiopians confirmed for the race.

Henrik Ingebrigtsen, a local favourite, is also on the entry list as well as Guatemala's Luis Grijalva and Switzerland's Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu.

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