Joshua Cheptegei Explained

Joshua Cheptegei
Fullname:Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei
Birth Date:12 September 1996
Birth Place:Kapsewui, Kapchorwa District,[1] Uganda
Height:1.83 m[2]
Weight:61 kg[3]
Country:Uganda
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long-distance running
Coach:Addy Ruiter
Team:NN Running Team
Highestranking:1st (10,000 m, 2023)[4]
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Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres, and holds the world best time over the 15 kilometres distance.

Cheptegei is the reigning Olympic champion in the 10000 m and the reigning three-time World champion in the 10,000 m. Cheptegei also won a gold medal in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. At the 2024 Olympic Games, Cheptegei won gold in the 10,000 metres, becoming the Olympic champion and setting a new Olympic record in the process.[5]

Cheptegei is the tenth man in history to hold the 5000 m and 10,000 m world records concurrently, both set in 2020.[6] [7]

Early life

Joshua Cheptegei was born on 12 September 1996 in Kapsewui, Kapchorwa District, Uganda.[1] In primary school, he first played football and tried out long jump and triple jump, but switched to running when he discovered his talent in distance running.[1]

Cheptegei studied procurement and logistics management in Uganda and is employed by the Uganda National Police.[8] His coach is Addy Ruiter. In the timeframe from March to May 2020, he reduced his weekly training sessions from 12 to 8.[9]

Career

2015–2019: Career beginnings

Cheptegei competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing ninth.[10] He ran at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, finishing eighth and sixth respectively.[11] [12] He is a silver medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in London.[13] Cheptegei was the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14]

Cheptegei is a four-time winner of the Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km road race in Nijmegen, Netherlands. In 2018, he set the world record for a 15 km road race.[15] Abrar Osman finished second with 42:34 and the 2017 5000 m world champion Muktar Edris placed third with 42:56.[16] On 19 February 2022, the record was broken by Cheptegei's compatriot Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a 15 km split of 40:43 min at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.[17]

Cheptegei was the winner of the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. He won in 31:40 on the 10.24 km course. Ugandan teammate Jacob Kiplimo finished second in 31:44, while Thomas Ayeko placed seventh and Joseph Ayeko tenth; Uganda won the team first-place title.[18]

2019–2020: World records

On 1 December 2019, Cheptegei set a new 10 km road race record in Valencia, Spain. His time of 26:38 improved on the previous world record, set by Leonard Komon in 2010, by 6 seconds.[19] This mark has since been lowered to 26:24, the world record being held, as of October 2020, by Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya, who also incidentally set it in Valencia just six weeks later, on 12 January 2020.[20]

On 16 February 2020, he set a new 5 km road race world record in Monaco with a time of 12:51. The previous ratified record was 13:22, set by Robert Keter on 9 November 2019 in Lille, France, and the previous fastest time ever recorded over the distance was 13:00 set by Sammy Kipketer on 26 March 2000 in Carlsbad, USA. This record stood for nearly two years until broken by Berihu Aregawi, who ran 12:49 at the Cursa dels Nassos meet in Barcelona on 31 December 2021.[21]

On 13 August 2020, a day before the Herculis meet of the Diamond League in Monaco, Cheptegei announced that he aimed to return to the track and run his first official race in the season with a world record time in the 5000 metres, which would be more than 20 seconds faster than his personal best on a track.[22] At the meet on the next day, with the help of expert pace-making from Roy Hoornweg, Stephen Kissa, and Matthew Ramsden, he set a new world record in the 5000 metres with a time of 12:35.36, which broke Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old record – the longest duration in the history of the event – by almost 2 seconds.[23] [24] His splits were 2:31.87; 5:03.77; 7:35.14 and 10:05.46. Bekele congratulated Cheptegei from Addis Ababa.

On 7 October 2020, in Valencia, he set a world record time of 26:11.00 in the 10,000 metres, which improved on Kenenisa Bekele's 15-year-old record by more than 6 seconds.[25]

2021–present: Olympic medals

Cheptegei won gold in the 5,000 metres and silver in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[26]

At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Cheptegei won the 10,000 metres[27] and placed ninth in the 5,000 metres.

At the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Cheptegei placed 3rd to his countryman Jacob Kiplimo and Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi.[28] Cheptegei successfully defended his 10,000 metres title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[29] Later that year, he made his marathon debut at the Valencia Marathon, running 2:08:59 to place 37th.[30]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Cheptegei won gold in the 10,000 metres final, in a new Olympic record of 26:43.14.[31] The former Olympic record was Kenenisa Bekele's 27:01.17 set at the 2008 Games in Beijing.[32]

Achievements

International competitions

2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States4th5000 m13:32.84[33]
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m28:32.86[34]
African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco–10,000 mDNF[35]
2015African Junior ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopiabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m29:58.70[36]
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China9th10,000 m27:48.89
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th5000 m13:09.17
6th10,000 m27:10.06
2017World Cross Country ChampionshipsKampala, Uganda30thSenior race30:08
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m26:49.94 SB[37]
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australiabgcolor=gold1st5000 m13:50.83 SB[38]
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m27:19.62 [39]
2019World Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmarkbgcolor=gold1stSenior race31:40[40]
bgcolor=gold1stSenior team20 pts
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatarbgcolor=gold1st10,000 m26:48.36 [41]
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japanbgcolor=gold1st5,000 m12:58.15
bgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m27:43.63
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States9th5,000 m13:13.12
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m27:27.43
2023World Cross Country ChampionshipsBathurst, Australia3rdSenior race29:37
3rdTeam37 pts
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungarybgcolor=gold1st10,000 m27:51.42
2024Olympic GamesParis, Francebgcolor=gold1st10,000 m26:43.14

Circuit wins and titles

Notes and References

  1. https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6025842-joshua-kiprui-cheptegei.htm Joshua Cheptegei
  2. Web site: CHEPTEGEI Joshua Paris 2024 . olympics.com . 3 August 2024 .
  3. Web site: Tilastopaja Oy Track and field statistics Joshua Cheptegei . Tilastopaja.eu . 13 April 2024 . 30 November 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20231130052324/https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/at.php?Sex=1&ID=148980 . live.
  4. Web site: World Rankings | Men's 10,000m (10km) .
  5. Web site: August 2, 2024 . Men's 10,000m Final Results . olympics.com.
  6. Web site: Joshua Cheptegei Clocks new 10000m World Record with 26:11.02 Watch Athletics. 10 October 2020. www.watchathletics.com.
  7. Web site: Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei . IAAF . 23 August 2015 . 23 August 2015 . 25 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150825231048/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/uganda/joshua-kiprui-cheptegei-292450 . live .
  8. Web site: Police Consider Promoting Medalist Cheptegei, Colleagues after Winning Gold . kampalapost.com . 9 April 2018 . 14 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063454/https://kampalapost.com/content/news/police-consider-promoting-medalist-cheptegei-colleagues-after-winning-gold . 15 April 2018 . dead.
  9. News: Reinsch. Michael. 17 August 2020. Virtuelles Duell und Fake-Applaus. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  10. Web site: 10,000 Metres Men - Final. 22 August 2015. IAAF. 15 August 2020. 5 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181005013343/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-10K-M-f----.RS6.pdf. live.
  11. Web site: 5,000 Metres men . 20 August 2016 . IAAF . 15 August 2020 . 20 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820093542/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxi-olympic-games-7093747/results/men/5000-metres/final/result#resultheader . live .
  12. Web site: Report: men's 10,000m final – Rio 2016 Olympic Games . 14 August 2016 . IAAF . 15 August 2020 . 15 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815153845/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/news/report/men/10000-metres/final . live .
  13. Web site: 10,000 Metres men. 4 August 2017. IAAF. 5 August 2017. 5 August 2017. https://archive.today/20170805123034/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/men/10000-metres/final/result#resultheader. live.
  14. Web site: Athletics official results . Goald Coast 2018 . 45, 49 . 15 August 2020 . 8 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095754/https://gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf . live .
  15. Krol, Maarten & van Hemert, Wim (20 April 2019). Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km . Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 20 April 2019.
  16. Web site: Road round-up: Cheptegei clocks 15km world best in Nijmegen, Melese breaks Shanghai Marathon course record News iaaf.org. iaaf.org. en. 28 April 2019. 22 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005810/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/shanghai-kobe-boulogne-billancourt-half-marat. live.
  17. Web site: Kiplimo and Gebrzihair break course records in Ras Al Khaimah REPORTS World Athletics. 2022-02-19. www.worldathletics.org.
  18. Web site: men senior final iaaf.org. iaaf.org. 28 April 2019. 31 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331185207/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-aarhus-6265/news/report/men/senior-race/final. live.
  19. News: Joshua Cheptegei breaks 10km road world record in Valencia. 1 December 2019. 21 December 2019. en-GB. 2 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191202165826/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/50619836. live.
  20. News: Kipruto breaks world 10km record in Valencia. 12 January 2020. World Athletics.
  21. News: Joshua Cheptegei smashes 5km road world record in Monaco. 16 February 2020. BBC Sport. 16 February 2020. en-GB. 18 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200218071107/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/51520932. live.
  22. News: Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei aims to return with a world record. 13 August 2020. BBC Sport. 13 August 2020. en-GB. 13 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813103551/https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/53751750. live.
  23. News: Cheptegei smashes 5,000 metres world record at Monaco Diamond League. 14 August 2020. Eurosport. 14 August 2020. en-GB. 20 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820093542/https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml. live.
  24. News: Diamond League Monaco: Joshua Cheptegei breaks 5,000m world record. 14 August 2020. BBC Sport. 14 August 2020. en-GB. 14 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814225822/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/53787224. live.
  25. News: Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m world record as Letesenbet Gidey sets new women's 5,000m best . 8 October 2020 . BBC Sport.
  26. News: Tokyo Olympics: Uganda and Kenya win golds in athletics as Egypt claim karate bronze. 6 August 2021 . BBC Sport. 2 August 2024.
  27. Web site: Joshua Cheptegei Wins World Athletics 10,000-Meter Championship. 17 July 2022 . Runners World. 2 August 2024.
  28. Web site: Kiplimo succeeds compatriot Cheptegei as world cross-country champion in Bathurst. World Athletics. 2 August 2024.
  29. Web site: Cheptegei wins third successive 10,000m gold. Rueters. 2 August 2024.
  30. Web site: Joshua Cheptegei Struggles On Marathon Debut in Valencia. 3 December 2023 . Sports Nation. 2 August 2024.
  31. Web site: Cheptegei holds off Ethiopian trio to win Olympic 10,000m gold. France24. 2 August 2024.
  32. Web site: Tactical masterclass from Joshua Cheptegei as he wins 10,000m gold in Paris. Athletics Weekly. 2 August 2024.
  33. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-7065881/results/men/5000-metres/final/result 5000 Metres men – Results
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  35. Web site: 10,000 Metres men – Results . 14 August 2020 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234418/http://84.33.2.63/marrakech2014/pdf/LivreResultats.pdf . live .
  36. http://www.africathle.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150305_ETH_AfrJunChampionships.pdf CAA 12th African Junior Athletics Championships – Results
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  38. Web site: Athletics official results . Goald Coast 2018 . 45 . 15 August 2020 . 8 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095754/https://gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf . live .
  39. Web site: Athletics official results . Goald Coast 2018 . 49 . 15 August 2020 . 8 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095754/https://gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf . live .
  40. Web site: SENIOR RACE MEN - IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AARHUS 2019. 30 March 2019. 15 August 2020. 31 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531061935/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships-aarhus-6265/results/men/senior-race/final/result#resultheader. live.
  41. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-10K-M-f----.RS6.pdf 10,000 Metres men - Results
  42. Web site: 2019-09-06 . Wanda Diamond League Final Brussels (BEL) 5th-6th Sept 2019 . 2021-01-01 . . 1 .

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