Uganda’s marathon runner Victor Kiplangat has won gold in the marathon (42km) race at the 2023 World Athletics Championship on-going in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 23-year-old and 2023 Commonwealth Gold medalist completed the race on Sunday in a time 2 hours 8 minutes and 53 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maru Teferii from Isreal crossed the finishing line in second place with a time of 2:09.5, while Ethiopia’s Leul Gebresilase was third recording a time of 2:09. 57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stephen Kissa, another Ugandan athlete secured 5th position with a time of 2:10:22 seconds., while Andrew Rotich dropped out the race after 30 kilometers. Kiplangat expressed his happiness after the race by giving glory back to God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This was Gods timing to make me shine at such an incredible Athletics event, so all the Glory is back to him,” said a happy Kiplangat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benjamin Njia, vice president technical at Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) says Kiplangat’s performance was spectacular. “We are so happy for winning a second Gold for our country,” said Njia. Few days ago Joshua Cheptegei won gold in the 10,000m race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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