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40 NEW VISION, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 VISION SPORT PICTURE BY MICHAEL NSUBUGA NewVision SPORT Orlands focused By Charles Mutebi DAYS The Orland brothers love South Africa but they are itching to return to the gruelling American circuit. TO “I prefer to race in America because they have so many good riders so there is always someone to chase,” 85cc star Stav GO Orland told New Vision Sports yesterday. 3 Stav won his category in the second It’s back round of the South African national motocross championship in Cape Town on Saturday while elder Aviv secured second By Michael Nsubuga place in the 125CC. Turn to Page 38 CHAMPS: L-R, Alon, Aviv and Stav Orland pose with the trophies they won at the South Africa National Championship he 34th edition of the pres- tigious Nile TSpecial USPA Awards Gala returns on Friday at Imperial Royale Hotel with over 400 guests in attend- ance. Athlete Joshua Cheptegei who won gold medals in the 5000 and 10000m NO CONTEST races during the Com- monwealth Games in Gold Coast leads the nominees list that also has netball By James Bakama there was need for a review of Ken- and Jacob Kiplimo overcame the very grooming youngsters for the 2020 star Lillain Ajio, rugby ya’s approach to the sport. best to win their country’s fi rst ever Tokyo Olympics if we are to stop the player Phillip Wokorach s the balance of power in “Irrespective of our performance seniors world cross country title. “enemy,” he wrote in Kenya’s leading and Uganda Cranes goal- distance running shift- in athletics in Gold Coast, we must publication- Daily Nation. keeper Denis Onyango. ing from heavyweights return home knowing we have a Kenya is struggling to match “Just when we were thinking that There will be other Ethiopia and Kenya to major “Opponent” just next door and Struggling in the Ugandan duo’s Briton Mo Farah had paved way for awards for the Team of the Uganda? it is no longer business as usual. wake was Kenya’s two time world us by shifting to the roads, Ugandans Year, Best Run Federation, That’s the question doing I am talking about Uganda who cross country winner Geoffrey are threatening to stage a coup; that Most Organised event and the rounds as Uganda steadily disoriented us in both men 5,000m Kamworor and Diamond League star is if they have not done that already.” the Legendary Award of lays claim of top athletics accolades. and women’s 10,000m to take both Selemon Barega. Korir attributed Kenya’s track wor- the Year that will go to leg- I New World Cross Country senior gold medals through Joshua Chep- In 2017 it was teenager Kiplimo ries to a tendency of the country’s endary tennis player and men’s champion Joshua Cheptegei tegei and Stella Chesang respective- breaking Kenya’s world cross-coun- top long distance runners to prefer Coach John Oduke. is the example in Uganda surge to ly,” stated Korir at the time. try dominance. the usually more highly paying As a way of adding more prominence. Uganda has since the 2010 New Then Cheptegei beat the star-stud- road races. “The list is long. Many excitement to the Nile Spe- It all started with Stephen Kiprotich Delhi Commonwealth Games been ded Kenyan entry of Paul Kipngetich, promising stars in long distance are cial USPA Awards, sports (pictured right) outwitting what gaining ground on her neighbours. Kamworor and Bedan Karoki at the switching to marathon even before fans will be involved in many regarded as the invincible Ken- That time Moses Kipsiro upstaged London World Championships. they settle on track. selecting their most out- yan pair of Wilson Kipsang and Abel Kenya by winning both the 5000 In fact Cheptegei was only But this argument fades consid- standing sports personality Kirui at the London Olympics. and 10000m. narrowly beaten to the ering Kamworor, a two time world starting with this year’s Kiprotich beat them in the mara- But there were still those that gold medal by British cross country gold medalist is also awards. thon, winning Uganda’s fi rst Olym- were not about to accept that legend Mo Farah. a multiple half and full marathon This category award pic gold medal in 40 years. something serious was hap- Farah has since champion. has been named — The Many thought that this was a pening across the borders. moved away from To understand the extent of Nile Special Fans’ Choice fl uke. Then Kiprotich won the World To them, Cheptegei and track to road races. Uganda’s recent surge you simply Award. The recipient will Championship in Moscow the Chesang were in the news It is a trend that have to look back at Ethiopia and be one of the top four following year. The world started because Kenya never fi elds Korir warned Kenya’s dominance of the world nominees for the overall taking note. its cream at the Common- should be urgently cross country. award. Kenya could not hide its unease wealth. addressed. “This is the In an incredible show of domi- An online voting process last year when Cheptegei won 5000 This same group was how- time to start planning nance, the senior men’s team race open to everyone on the and 10000 meter Commonwealth ever speechless on a tough or rather has been won by Ethiopia or Kenya USPA website (www.uspa. gold in Gold Coast. undulating cross every year since 1981 in both the press) shall be used to get Yet another blow was dealt on Ken- country course in short and long races. the winner. Voting closes ya by another Ugandan at the same the Danish city These nations have also enjoyed a on April 3. games. This time it was diminutive of Aarhus on similar strangle-hold on the junior Over the years, USPA and Stella Chesang sprinting to victory in Saturday. men’s races since 1982. Nile Special have celebrat- the women’s 10000m. The In the senior men’s race, Kenya ed the success of Uganda’s Kenya’s unease was very evident at Ugandan won the world championships for sports personalities. More the time. duo of an astounding 18 years in a row, than 40 sports personali- Barnabas Korir, who led the Kenya Joshua from 1986 through 2003, a record of ties will be awarded at the team to Gold Coast, stressed that Cheptegei unequaled international success. gala. Printed and published by The New Vision Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., PO Box 9815, Kampala. Tel: 0414/312 337000. Registered at the GPO as a newspaper. Advertising Department, Pike House, Plot 17, First Street, Industrial Area next to Vision Group Head Office..