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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>\u201cI have had a lot of pressure being the reigning champion in the 10000m, being the world record holder,\u201d Joshua Cheptegei admitted, indicating he has been battling with injury.When Cheptegei crossed the finish line in the final of the men\u2019s 10000m last Friday, history was made for not only Uganda but especially for the runner and his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo. \u201cIt was a special moment that we are the first Ugandans to share the podium [at a major athletics event],\u201d Cheptegei said.<\/p>\n

The silver medal soaked up what Cheptegei says was a \u201cheavy weight\u201d of expectation.\u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve had so many challenges mentally and physically. I had a tendon and Achilles injury and almost gave up on coming for the Olympics but I sacrificed a lot to be here because I didn\u2019t have an Olympic medal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cheptegei siad he is driven by desire to not to disappoint anyone.\u201cIt was one of the things that drove me to come here and participate but also to do it for my people, my family and the sponsors,\u201d he said.\u201cWhen I wanted to give up, my coach and family were there for me and said to me; \u2018Cheptegei, there are so many people you inspired, so you just need to go there and do it for them.\u2019 So I had to build myself together.\u201cI didn\u2019t have an Olympic medal, so this [silver] medal means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cheptegei is not aloof to the fact that he might be responsible for all the competition he is facing now, noting that his winning and breaking records made his opponents work harder.Joshua Cheptegei lines-up today in the men\u2019s 5000m Round One Heat as he attempts to make more history for Uganda with a shot at the gold medal.editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. \u201cI have had a lot of pressure being the reigning champion in the 10000m, being the world record holder,\u201d Joshua Cheptegei admitted, indicating he has been battling with injury.When Cheptegei crossed the finish line in the final of the men\u2019s 10000m last Friday, history was made for not only Uganda but especially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-15064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nCheptegei was under pressure - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cI have had a lot of pressure being the reigning champion in the 10000m, being the world record holder,\u201d Joshua Cheptege ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cheptegei was under pressure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI have had a lot of pressure being the reigning champion in the 10000m, being the world record holder,\u201d Joshua Cheptege ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-03T14:36:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-6109526a8835d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Cheptegei was under pressure\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-03T14:36:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-6109526a8835d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cheptegei-was-under-pressure\",\"name\":\"Cheptegei was under pressure - 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