Ugandan Athletics Championships 2019
Ugandan Athletics Championships 2019 | |
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city | Kira Town |
Stadion | Mandela National Stadium |
Competitions | 32 |
opening | 26th July 2019 |
Final day | July 27, 2019 |
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← Championships 2018 | Championships 2020 → |
The Ugandan Athletics Championships 2019 were held on July 26th and 27th at the Mandela National Stadium near the capital Kampala .
30 athletes from Kenya, Burundi and South Sudan were also registered for the competitions. On the first day of the event, sprinter Leni Shida first broke her own national record over 400 meters in 51.47 s for the seventh time since February 2018, and on the next day she went over 200 meters with 23.43 s, with which she also did this for 12 years Justine Bayiga's old national record was broken by three hundredths of a second.
Medalist
Men
Women
Cross-country run
The national cross-country championships took place in Tororo on February 16, six weeks before the 2019 World Cross-Country Championships .
Men
discipline | gold | power | silver | power | bronze | power |
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Cross-country run 10 km | Jacob Kiplimo | 28:57 min | Joshua Cheptegei | 29:08 min | Albert Chemutai | 29:21 min |
Women
discipline | gold | power | silver | power | bronze | power |
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Cross-country run 10 km | Stella Chesang | 33:31 min | Rachael Zena Chebet | 33:49 min | Esther Chebet | 34:38 min |
Mountain run
The 10th Ugandan Mountain Running Championships are scheduled for October 5th in Kapchorwa .
Web links
- Full results on the Facebook page Uganda Athletes Forum (English)
- Complete cross-country results (PDF, 429 kB) on africathle.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 30 foreign athletes for National Championships. In: athleticsuganda.org. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Athletics: Shida Leni Breaks 200m and 400m National Records. In: softpower.ug. July 29, 2019, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Shida Leni sensationally breaks long-standing 200m and 400m records. In: kawowo.com. July 29, 2019, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Kiplimo defeats Cheptegei at Ugandan Cross Country Championships. In: iaaf.org. February 16, 2019, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Uganda Athletics Federation - Competition Calendar 2018/2019. (PDF, 544 kB) In: athleticsuganda.org. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .