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Daniel Nsubuga
Uganda Athletics has named the group that may signify Uganda on the 2026 Commonwealth Video video games due in Glasgow, Scotland.
The group has 17-athletes alongside 4 officers who will oversee the group via the Video video games scheduled for July 23 to August 1.
2020 Olympic champion over the 3000m women’s steeplechase race Peruth Chemutai headlines the named group to surge for glory in Glasgow. Chemutai scooped bronze on the 2022 video video games held in Birmingham.
As earlier acknowledged by this website, Uganda’s golden duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo won’t be part of Uganda’s prolonged guidelines to this yr’s Glasgow Commonwealth Video video games.
Cheptegei and Kiplimo launched their transition from monitor and self-discipline to the marathons in 2024 and 2025 respectively which is the precept trigger why they don’t appear to be part of the guidelines.
Kiplimo acquired the 10000m and 5000m races on the sooner video video games whereas Cheptegei smiled to the an identical achievement in 2018.
The onus to ship gold medals is now on Herbert Chebet, Kenneth Kiprop and Dan Chibet amongst others whereas Chemutai will be aiming to indicate her bronze into gold this time.
2019 World Champion Halima Nakaayi over the 800m race is the over expert athlete part of the group to Glasgow.
On the 2022 model that was held in Birmingham, Uganda collected 5 medals with 4 coming from Athletics.
Victor Kiplangat grew to develop into the first ever Ugandan to a win a commonwealth marathon, whereas Jacob Kiplimo surged to a double gold over the (10,000m and 5000m). Peruth Chemuta managed bronze throughout the 3000m steeplechase.
The other medal was collected by Uganda’s first ever female Commonwealth video video games boxer Teddy Nakimuli, who claimed bronze on the sooner video video games.
Uganda will compete in 10 disciplines on the 2026 Commonwealth Video video games due subsequent month in Glasgow. The delegation will embrace athletes in athletics, netball, boxing, 3×3 basketball, swimming, weightlifting, para powerlifting, para swimming, judo and monitor biking.
Athletics may have the most important illustration with 17 athletes, adopted by netball with 12 and boxing with six. Uganda may even self-discipline 4 athletes in 3×3 basketball, 4 swimmers, three weightlifters, three para powerlifters, two para swimmers, two judokas and one monitor bike proprietor.
