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Kiplimo set to book 5000m Olympic ticket in Switzerland

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World Half Marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo

David GOMBE

Uganda’s long distance runner Jacob Kiplimo will be seeking to book his Olympic ticket for the 5000m on Tuesday, 29th at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Luzern, Switzerland.

The youngster will be aiming to join fellow countrymen Joshua Cheptegei and Oscar Chelimo who already qualified for the men’s 5000m at the Tokyo global games.

Kiplimo must run under a time of 13 minutes and 13.50 seconds at the Stadion Allmend on Tuesday to secure his ticket.

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In May this year, the World half marathon champion qualified for the 10000m after winning the race in the seventh fastest time of 26:33.93 at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in Czech Republic.

At the same event meeting in Ostrava the 20 year old Ugandan won the 5000m race in second fastest time ever by a Ugandan of 12:48.63.

In case it all goes well, Kiplimo will join Cheptegei who already qualified for both the 10000m and 5000m at the Tokyo games.

Uganda’s duo of Jacob Kiplimo with Joshua Cheptegei

For starters, Great Britain’s Mo Farah is the reigning Olympic champion in the 5000m while Joshua Cheptegei is the world record holder in a time of 12:35.35.

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