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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda\u2019s stand-out long-distance running duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will have another shot at gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics via Friday\u2019s men\u2019s 5000m final. Cheptegei and Kiplimo painfully settled for silver and bronze after they were beaten to 10000m gold by Ethiopian Selemon Barega last Friday but the pair yesterday eased through the 5000m Heat 2 to keep gold in sight.Kiplimo, who stopped in the 5000m Heats on his Olympics debut five years ago, ran it easily, moving from eighth with 600m to go to finish fourth in a time of 13 minutes and 30.40 seconds at the National Stadium in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

With about three laps left when Cheptegei was leading, the 20-year-old Kiplimo however needed to step away from Bahraini Dawit Fikadu who had fallen to the ground otherwise, he would have tripped.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cheptegei, who raised the tempo when he led with 1200m to go, let eventual winner American Paul Chelimo to lead with 300m left to victory. But, the world record holder Cheptegei still did the bare minimum in the final stages to finish fifth in 13:30.61.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes he did a good job,\u201d Cheptegei\u2019s coach Addy Ruiter said. \u201cGoing to the final without using a lot of energy,\u201d he added. The top five per Heat qualified automatically to Friday\u2019s final. Even prior, Kiplimo\u2019s younger brother Oscar Chelimo did the same when he came fourth in Heat 1 with a time of 13:39.07. Chelimo (pic), a junior world x-try bronze medallist, like his brother, came from eighth at the bell to overtake three men and celebrate his qualification.<\/p>\n

Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo reacts after competing in the men’s 110m hurdles heats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 3, 2021<\/p>\n

Superlative<\/b><\/p>\n

The top five per Heat qualified automatically to Friday\u2019s final. Even prior, Kiplimo\u2019s younger brother Oscar Chelimo did the same when he came fourth.<\/p>\n

ATHLETICS – DAY FIVE RESULTS<\/b><\/p>\n

MEN\u2019S 5000M HEAT 11. Nicholas Kipkorir (KEN) 13:38.872. Mohammed Ahmed (CAN) 13:38.963. William Kincaid (USA) 13:39.044. Oscar Chelimo (UGA) 13:39.07MEN\u2019S 5000M HEAT 21. Mohammed Katir (ESP) 13:30.102. Paul Chelimo (USA) 13:30.153. Justin Knight (CAN) 13:30.224. Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 13:30.405. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 13:30.61<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Cheptegei and Kiplimo painfully settled for silver and bronze after they were beaten to 10000m gold by Ethiopian Selemon Barega last Friday but the pair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-15163","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":"\nMedalists Cheptegei, Kiplimo ease into 5000m final - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uganda\u2019s stand-out long-distance running duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will have another shot at gold at the ...\" \/>\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\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medalists Cheptegei, Kiplimo ease into 5000m final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uganda\u2019s stand-out long-distance running duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will have another shot at gold at the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\" \/>\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=\"2021-08-04T16:07:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-610aa8ac9e89a.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\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Medalists Cheptegei, Kiplimo ease into 5000m final\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-04T16:07:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-610aa8ac9e89a.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\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/medalists-cheptegei-kiplimo-ease-into-5000m-final\",\"name\":\"Medalists Cheptegei, Kiplimo ease into 5000m final - 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