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Cheptegei’s 5000m world record wins August Athletics moment of the month

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DAVID GOMBE

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei’s 5000m World record has won the August Athletics moment of the month of August.

Last month, the Ugandan legend broke a 16 year old world record in the 5000m during the 2020 Monaco Diamond league heat. He clocked 12:35.36 to break Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele’s 2004 World record.

Cheptegei beat Timothy Cheruiyot who also excelled in the 1500m race clocking 3:28.45, Karsten Warholm who recorded the second fastest ever win in the 400m hurdles in a European record of 46.87.

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The other nominee was Valeria Allman who now holds the US discus record of 70.15m.

The World Athletics tweeted four photos of the nominees to determine the winner and Cheptegei’s photo registered the most votes with over 37000 retweets.

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