Team Uganda at the Worlds
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8 SATURDAY VISION, August 5, 2017 GOOAL! ,$$):25/'$7+/(7,&6&+$03,216+,36 Stephen Kissa - 5000m Timothy Toroitich - 10,000m Solomon Mutai - Marathon Esther Chebet - 1500m Winnie Nanyondo - 800m Uganda Athletics Federation sur- Another experienced member of He is one of Uganda’s main medal She will be Uganda’s lone woman With her diminutive size you prised everyone when they named the team. He is on the London hopes. He shot into the limelight at in this event. If IAAF’s seasonal best easily write her off. But within that Kissa, 21, captain. Besides having bound side by virtue of finishing the 2014 Commonwealth Games in times are anything to go by, then she small size are lots of power. She little in achievement to show, he is ninth at the world cross country Glasgow when he finished the 42 stands an outside chance of making won bronze at the 2014 Common- also a relatively new comer. held in Kampala last March. kilometre race fourth. it to the podium. wealth Games. Team Uganda at the Worlds Ronald Musagala - 1500m Alex Chesakit - Marathon Dorcus Ajok - 800m Peruth Chemutai - 3000mSC Jacob Araptany - 3000mSC The UWA team captain will be one He is another relatively newcomer. She has won everything at university This will be an opportunity for her Like Musagala, Araptany, 23 brings of the most experienced runners He first came to the headlines in level, including gold at the World to make final stages of the world a wealth of experience. He first on the team. He made his maiden 2014 when he won the MTN Kampa- University Games. It is now time to meet. She couldn’t make it out of the featured at the world meet in 2011 appearance in 2013 in Moscow. la marathon. prove herself on a bigger stage. preliminaries at the Rio Olympics. in Daegu, South Korea. Jacob Kiplimo - 5000m Abu Mayanja - 800m Boniface Sikowo - 3000mSC Stella Chesang - 5000m Albert Chemutai - 3000mSC Sixteen year old Kiplomo shot into The Uganda Wildlife Authority athlete He is one of the newcomers on the She will partner with Chelangat as He is another newcomer out to es- the headlines in March when he was the last athlete to qualify for the senior national team. Together with Uganda seeks to make her presence tablish himself on the senior side. He became the first Ugandan to win World Championships. He was also Albert Chemutai he will be looking to felt in what promises to be a highly made his maiden appearance on the World Cross Country gold. the only one to qualify from home. more seasoned Jacob Araptany. competitive event. world stage in 2016. Robert Chemonges - Marathon Juliet Chekwel - 10,000m Mercyline Chelangat - 5000m Halima Nakaayi - 800m Joshua Cheptegei - Chemonges is another new name She is the most experienced runner She is up against strong Ethiopian The last time she featured at the 5000m/10000m on the team. He qualified for Lon- on Uganda’s female entry. She made and Kenyan opposition. Her career world championships she was a He will be the only Ugandan doing a don at the Dusseldorf marathon her maiden appearance at the world moment was the 2016 U-20 Champi- junior. She has since matured for the double, having qualified in both the where he clocked 2:10:32. meet in 2013 in Moscow. onships where she was fourth. big stage. long track races. .