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Kenya’s wait for 10,000m Olympic Games gold continues as athletes flop in Paris Olympics
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wins men's 10,000m final of 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France on Friday night in Saint Dennis, France.
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What you need to know:
- Cheptegei, who had claimed silver medal in the same race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before capturing the 5,000m gold medal, claimed the victory in style, shattering the Olympic Record in a new time of 26 minutes and 43.14 seconds.
- The 27-year-old Uganda, who is also the reigning 10,000m world record holder, erased the previous Olympic Record time of 27:01.17 set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Ethiopian distance legend Kenenisa Bekele.
Kenya’s wait for gold medal in men’s 10,000 metres final is sure to stretch to 60 years after the country’s athletes flopped at the Paris Olympic Games on Friday night.
Three-time world 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei, became the first Ugandan man to win the Olympic 10,000m title on Friday, making a decisive move just before the bell and staying to the front before treating fans to awe-inspiring performance in Paris .
