Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei successful the lads’s crown on the TCS 10K Marathon on Sunday.
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It was a Ugandan double within the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2025, with Joshua Cheptegei and Sarah Chelangat claiming victories within the worldwide elite males’s and girls’s classes respectively right here on Sunday. Cheptegei and Sarah received $26,000 every.
Cheptegei, the reigning Olympic 10,000m champion, underlined his favorite standing with a tactically sound run.
Cheptegei stayed on the heels of chief Gabriel Geay for the primary half, earlier than going previous the Tanzanian on the 6km mark.
A minimum of 4 different rivals joined Cheptegei within the new chief group. Like he did at Paris, Cheptegei moved into prime gear with an incredible kick within the ultimate kilometre.
His competitors couldn’t hold tempo, permitting Cheptegei (27:53s) to make a triumphant return to an occasion the place he claimed silver again in 2014.
Regardless of a fast begin, the lads’s course file held by Nicholas Kimeli (27:38s) remained intact.
Sarah Chelangat working to glory.
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“After I got here in 2014, I had zero expertise as that was my first worldwide race. I’m so blissful to return to Bengaluru this 12 months and win. Final 12 months, I had received the Delhi Half Marathon. I imagine that India is a spot to chase goals,” Cheptegei mentioned.
The elite ladies’s run, which didn’t have a pacemaker, was dominated by Sarah Chelangat. Sarah, who holds the Ugandan nationwide 10,000m file, pulled forward of the sphere to achieve an eleven second lead on the 4km milestone.
Sarah went on to widen the hole, and by the ultimate stretch, she had no firm. The 23-year-old completed almost a full minute forward of her nearest rival, Cintia Chepngeno.
Sarah (31:07s) couldn’t come near the course file, set by Irene Cheptai (30:35s) in 2022.
A comfortable spoken Sarah defined her easy, efficient race technique. “Once we have been working, I felt the tempo was a bit gradual. I assumed – ‘why don’t I push and attempt to end within the first place’,” Sarah mentioned.
Sarah added that course file may have come beneath menace had there been a pacemaker.
It was a memorable morning for Abhishek Pal (29:12s), who erased the Indian course file held by Kiran Matre (29:32s).
Abhishek Pal set a brand new Indian elite males course file.
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The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships 10,000m bronze medallist completed a creditable seventh total.
Sanjivani Jadhav wore the Indian elite ladies crown for a fourth time in a row. Sanjivani’s timing of 34:16s didn’t match her personal Indian course file of 33:38s set in 2018.
Sanjivani Jadhav took the Indian elite ladies crown for a fourth time in a row
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The win capped a effective week for Sanjivani, who claimed the 5,000m and 10,000m golds within the current Federation Cup.
Abhishek and Sanjivani took house ₹3,00,000 every, whereas Abhishek received a further ₹1,00,000 for setting a brand new Indian course file.
The outcomes (prime three):
Elite Males: Worldwide: 1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uga) 27:53s, 2. Saymon Tesfagiorgis (Eri) 27:55, 3. Vincent Langat (Ken) 28:02. Indian: 1. Abhishek Pal 29:12, 2. Sawan Barwal 29:45, 3. Kiran Matre 30:01.
Elite Girls: Worldwide: 1. Sarah Chelangat (Uga) 31:07, 2. Cintia Chepngeno (Ken), 32:04, 3. Guteni Shanko (Eth) 32:06. Indian: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav 34:16, 2. Bharti Nain 35:36, 3. Poonam Sonune 35:57.
Printed – April 27, 2025 06:21 pm IST
