KAMPALA: A cross country race will be held in Tororo on February 12, 2022.
The event, which has also attracted top local and foreign athletes, will be the first event on the Uganda Athletics Federation’s (UAF) 2022 season calendar.
According to the Uganda Athletics Federation-UAF, several top athletes from South Sudan, Tanzania, and Djibouti are expected to take part in the championship.
Dominic Otuchet, President of the UAF, told Uganda Radio Network-URN that a total of 502 athletes have already registered to take part in the championship, which is expected to be used to select a team that will represent Uganda in the African Cross Country Championship due in March this year in Mozambique.
In the 10km women’s race, stars like Peruth Chemutai, the Tokyo 3000m steeplechase Olympic champion, 5000m national record holder Sarah Chelangat, U-20 5000m bronze medalist Prisca Chesang, and Olympian Marceline Chelangat will all take part.
In the 10km men’s race, defending champion Horsea Chiplangat will be battling national marathon record holder Felix Chemonges, the 2019 Nairobi Half Marathon champion, and Olympian Steven Kissa, among other athletes.
According to UAF, the 10k men’s race has attracted the biggest number of participants, 183, followed by the under-20 men’s 8km, which has 135 participants.
Felix Chemonges participated in the marathon, 42 kilometres alongside Musobo and Kiprotich. He finished number 51 in the Olympics. (IMAGE: URN: theKR Media)
