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Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo (left) and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the men’s 3,000m final during the IAAF Diamond League competition on September 17, 2020 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. PHOTO / Afp
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Uganda’s long distance stars Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will make their first appearance in Tokyo in the 10000m men’s final today.
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Joshua Cheptegei and his understudy Jacob Kiplimo are guaranteed to run at least thrice during the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan.
Uganda’s long distance stars will make their first appearance in Tokyo in the 10,000m men’s final today on the first day of athletics competitions having lived through curling, sailing, equestrian et al over the past week.
April 30th, 2021
By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart
Oftentimes I start a review of a boxer’s career fully in a positive frame of mind. No matter what they have faced or what transgressions they are guilty of, redemption somewhere is apparent. It can even come from the sport itself.
Occasionally I start with a tale of woe that has little by way of mitigation and yet here, and there appears something which can be claimed as a positive spin, where, despite a continued struggle somebody somewhere has done something remarkable about it.
And then I found myself looking at the tragedy that Lisa McClellan faces daily.