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Rest of Uganda’s schedule Saturday August 20  Men’s 1500m final 3.00am (Sunday) Men’s 5000m final 3.30am (Sunday) Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Sunday August 21  Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Ronald Musagala’s 1,500m Olympic dream remained alive when he qualified Thursday night for the final. He …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Usain Bolt wrote another chapter of improbable Olympic history with a third consecutive 200m crown on Thursday as Ashton Eaton led an American gold rush by clinching back-to-back decathlon titles. Bolt, who just days earlier had become the first man in history to …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  The Rio Olympic Games men’s 3,000m steeplechase final will be a race to forget for East Africans Jacob Araptany and Ezekiel Kemboi. Araptany looked comfortable in the leading pack when he slipped as he approached a hurdle as the race entered the finals laps. Video …

Results Men’s 5000m round 1  Jacob Kiplimo 13:30.40, Phillip Kipyeko 13:24.66 and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei  13:25.70 Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi 1:59.78 (personal best) 5th heat 4 – advances to semifinals Winnie Nanyondo  6th 2:02.77 Heat 5 Men’s Steeplechase final –  5.55pm Jacob Araptany (falls out of …

Today Men’s 5000m round 1 – 4.05pm Jacob Kiplimo, Phillip Kipyeko and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo Men’s Steeplechase final –  5.55pm Jacob Araptany  If Jacob Araptany did not burn himself out by running a season best 8:21.53 in the heats …

Ronald Musagala stormed into the Rio Olympics 1,500m men’s semifinal with the 4th fastest time of the heats on Tuesday. The 24 year old clocked 3:38.45 to advance to Thursday’s semifinal. His best time for the distance is 3:35.02 and going by the confidence with which he set the pace in the race, could better …

Juliet Chekwel’s Olympic debut ended disastrously for her when she stopped running one lap to the end, thinking she had finished the 10000m final on Friday. Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana and the leading pack overlapped many athletes which might have been the cause of the confusion, but Chekwel gets a chance to …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Kenyan 800m king David Rudisha hit a career high when he produced a last-lap kick to defend his Olympic title in style on Monday. Rudisha, also the world champion and world record holder, timed a season’s best of 1min 42.15sec to become the …

Wed August 17  Men’s 5000m round 1 – 4.05pm Jacob Kiplimo, Phillip Kipyego and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo Men’s Steeplechase final – Jacob Araptany Jacob Araptany finished 2nd in his heat on Monday to qualify for Wednesday’s 3000m steeplechase final. Araptany …

It has been disappointing so far, but Uganda’s search for glory at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad continues Monday with the steeplechase runners seeking a place in the final. Benjamin Kiplagat  and Jacob Araptany will run in heat 1 and 3 in a race that is dominated by the Kenyans. Even …