I-Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) yathokoza njengokwayo UJacob Kiplimo unqobe umhlangano wamamitha ayi-5000 we-International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) 2020 Ostrava Golden Spike World Athletics ohlangana eCzech Republic. Ushaye intandokazi kulo mcimbi - owe-Ethiopian World Championship Silver Medalist uSelemon Barega.
Umgijimi webanga elide u-Kiplimo oneminyaka engu-19 ulwe noBarega ekhaya elinolaka ku-brawl eqonde ngqo ukuze anqobe ngo-12: 48.63 - omunye kwabangu-7 uhlangana namarekhodi azowela ngobusuku obucwathile edolobheni elisempumalanga yeCzech lapho izibukeli ezingama-3,000 59 zavunyelwa ukungena khona ukuya eMestsky Stadium ukusiza ukugubha uhlelo lomhlangano lwama-XNUMX.
Ngo-3: 30 nje kuphela kulo mjaho, kwakunguBarega egijima ngemuva komunye umdlali wase-Ethiopia, uLamecha Girma, owayebukeka ephethe. Njengoba sekusele amathanga ama-4, ubesevele eyedwa futhi esephambili kwephekhi elihlakazekile.
Kepha uKiplimo, obegijima emuva kahle ngesikhathi semigqa emaphakathi yomjaho, ubuyile ngaphambili, wahambisa igxathu phambili sekusele ama-laps ama-2. Uqhubeke nokuhola lapho insimbi ikhala ngo-11: 52 ewashini.
UBarega wafaka ingcindezi, kepha uKiplimo akazange antengantenge. Lo mTopiya wenze umzamo wakhe wokugcina wokuwina njengoba beshaya iqonde ekhaya, bedonsa noma ngabe bobabili bashintshela esigabeni esigcwele, igxathu nohlangothi. U-Kiplimo naye walwa nalokho futhi wahamba kahle ngamamitha angaba ngu-40.
UBarega ushaye u-12: 49.08 ngenkathi u-Yemaneberhan Crippa efika emgqeni ngo-13: 02.26 ukuphula irekhodi lase-Italy.
“Ngangifuna isikhathi esisheshayo, ngakho ngaqhubeka nokuqhubeka,” kusho uKiplimo, owathola iMedalist kuSilver emjahweni omkhulu kuWorld Cross Country Championships ngonyaka odlule. “Bekulwa ekhaya ngqo. Futhi bekumnandi. ”
Futhi bekungukuphumelela kokuqala kokuhlangana kwentsha ngemuva kokubuya ekulimaleni.
U-Kiplimo owazalwa ngoNovemba 14, 2000, uvela esitebeleni sabasubathi be-Uganda Wildlife Authority okubandakanya nomuntu wakubo uWinnie Nanyondo naye obambe iqhaza emjahweni wamamitha ayi-1500 waqeda u-9th.
UKiplimo phambilini ubemele izwe lakhe kuma-Olimpiki asehlobo ase-2016. Ungumpetha we-IAAF World Cross Country Junior 2017. Ngo-2019, waba yi-World Cross Country Silver Medalist eneminyaka engu-18.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- But Kiplimo, who was running well behind during the middle stages of the race, worked his way back to the front, moving a step ahead with 2 laps to go.
- “I wanted the fastest time, so I kept on pushing,” said Kiplimo, the Silver Medalist in the senior race at last year's World Cross Country Championships.
- The Ethiopian made his final attempt for the win as they hit the home straight, pulling even when the pair shifted into a full-on stride-for-stride, side-by-side sprint.
