Uganda's Cheptegei qualifies for 2025 World Athletics Championship
KAMPALA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei has secured qualification for the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
Cheptegei, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, qualified after beating the qualification time when he finished ninth in Sunday's Tokyo Marathon. Ethiopia's Tadese Takele won the race.
The Ugandan clocked 2:05:59 to beat the World Athletics Championships' qualifying time