{"id":2539,"date":"2017-11-21T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2017-11-21T13:43:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T10:43:58","slug":"star-struck-tuesdayjoshua-cheptegei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/star-struck-tuesdayjoshua-cheptegei\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Struck Tuesday:Joshua Cheptegei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uganda might just have some of the world’s fastest Ugandans, as we have seen. Joshua Cheptegei has made his country proud again.<\/p>\n

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Joshua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He is young, and a star in the making, because he has taken advantage of the talent that God has given him, to represent himself, his family, and the entire country at large.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, Joshua, only aged 21, was in Nijmegen, Netherlands, for the 34th Seven hills race zevenheuvelebloop, busy showing people the worth of our country.<\/p>\n

A distance of 15km was not a challenge at all, and this young man from Kapchorwa proved it by driving a sharp sword right into the heart of the race.<\/p>\n

Joshua was the first, and beat his comrades at a speed faster than lightening. It is said from various sources that the young star missed out on the world record by only 3 seconds.<\/p>\n

Joshua’s star days started way back. He was a world Junior champion in the 10,000 meter race at Eugene in 2014. In addition to that, he also became a silver medalist at the IAAF world champions 10,000 meter race in London, 2017.<\/p>\n

Our various sources also confirm that at just the age of Nineteen, Cheptegei had already embraced the Nijmegen races. He won the 32nd edition at a time of 42.39 and as a 20 year old, won the 33rd edition in 42.12.<\/p>\n