UGANDA’S Joshua Cheptegei and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon both won gold medals on the athletics track on day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Cheptegei won the men’s 5,000m to take his second medal of the games after a silver in the 10,000m while Kipyegon retained the1500m title she won at the Rio Games five years ago.
Elsewhere there was a bronze medal for Egypt’s Giana Farouk (Lotfy) in the women’s kumite karate while Botswana men’s 4x400m relay team set a new African record to qualify for Saturday’s final.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a new Olympic record in Tokyo as she won the women’s 1500m gold medal
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon retained her Olympic women’s 1500m title in emphatic style as she sprinted away to finish ahead of Great Britain’s Laura Muir in second while the Netherlands Ethiopian-born Sifan Hasan had to settle for bronze.
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