Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda wins gold in 5000m race

TOKYO: Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda won the gold medal in the men's 5,000-meter race a week after earning silver in the 10,000m at the Tokyo Games.

Chepetgei was in the leading pack for most of the race and won in 12 minutes, 58.15 seconds.

Mohammed Ahmed of Canada surged into second place to get the silver medal in 12:58.61 and Paul Chelimo of the United States picked up bronze in 12:59.05.

Chelimo was a silver medalist in the 5,000 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He dived across the line to edge Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli of Kenya. Agencies

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