Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst (© Getty Images)
Jacob Kiplimo and Joshua Cheptegei, the senior men’s winners at the past two editions, will feature on Uganda’s team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24.
Cheptegei – winner of multiple global titles on the track and world record-holder over 5000m and 10,000m – won the senior men’s title in Aarhus in 2019 with Kiplimo taking silver, landing Uganda with gold in the team contest. Kiplimo, meanwhile, triumphed in Bathurst last year with Cheptegei finishing third.
Both men will line up in Belgrade looking to add more medals to their tally, and they’re joined on the senior men’s team by Martin Kiprotich, who finished 18th in Bathurst, and African U20 5000m champion Dan Kibet, who finished runner-up to Kiplimo at last month’s Ugandan Cross Country Championships.
National cross-country champion Rachael Chebet, who finished fourth individually at the 2019 World Cross and earned team bronze in the senior women’s race, leads the Ugandan senior women’s team.
Ugandan team for Belgrade
Senior women: Rachael Zena Chebet, Loice Chekwemoi, Annet Chemengich Chelangat, Sarah Chelangat, Belinda Chemutai, Joy Cheptoyek
Senior men: Leonard Chemutai, Joshua Cheptegei, Dan Kibet, Hosea Kiplangat, Jacob Kiplimo, Martin Magengo Kiprotich
U20 women: Isella Chebet, Keziah Chebet, Vicky Chekwemboi, Charity Cherop, Nowel Cheruto
U20 men: Dolphine Chelimo, Hosea Chemutai, Simba Samuel Cherop, Harbert Kibet, Titus Musau, Sailas Rotich
Mixed relay: Knight Aciru, Linda Chebet, Hosea Kiprop, Sam Kapkerung Kiprotich
