11 March 2022 | Athletics

Uganda’s long distance athlete Ali Chebures signed a year-long agreement with Spanish agency Xiruca.

Chebures is one of the athletes affiliated to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and was scouted by an American agency, High Altitude training of Arizona.

Upon expiry of the existing deal, he was taken on Xiruca Sports Agency, whose Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Monica Pont Chafer.

Chebures is the reigning champion of Kampala Elite marathon and also recently won the 10 KM event of the 2022 National cross country championship in Tororo.

He is also the current champion of 2022 Source of Nile half marathon (21KM) hosted in Jinja City where he clocked 1:02:00, beating Police’s Abel Chebet to the tape in a competitive race where Chebet had a timing of 1:02:04.

The leading pack also had another Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) athlete Geofrey Kusuro who finished third with 1:02:06.

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