International sporting glory isn’t one thing Ugandans are accustomed to however should you care to ask, lots of them will let you know about their expectations for a medal or two at this 12 months’s summer season Olympics in Paris beginning on twenty sixth July, 2024. 

With the boldness to level out which races will convey them glory.

It is because one man has made them imagine, Joshua Cheptegei who leads a group of 25 athletes to France.

Although he’s a double world report holder for the 5,000m and 10,000m distances, Cheptegei’s shoulders don’t have to hold his nation’s glory hopes alone.

With the person who completed behind him to win a ten,000 bronze ultimately olympics Jacob Kiplimo and girls’s 3000m steeplechase Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai who has battled accidents since then however now appears to be like set to defend her title.

This trio delivered Uganda’s greatest success on the Olympics with 4 medals from Tokyo 2020, Cheptegei’s gold within the 5,000m being the 4th.

They are going to be joined by final 12 months’s world marathon champion Victor Kiplangat, the 24 12 months previous is very anticipated to announce his identify on the Olympics stage.

One other prospect is the only sprinter on the group, Tarsis Orogot who has posted commendable occasions within the diamond league.

Uganda has solely gained 11 medals on the Olympics, 4 of which have come from boxing which till Tokyo 2020 was the nation’s most profitable sport on the international showpiece.

Sadly Uganda is not going to be represented by any boxer in Paris, solely the third time that is taking place.

All it’s candidates did not make it via the tight {qualifications}, an enormous let down contemplating Uganda had 3 boxers on the earlier Olympics.

Group Uganda will nevertheless have two swimmers, Gloria Muzito and Jesse Ssengonzi, Charles Kagimu who’s a bicycle owner competing within the males’s highway race and Kathleen Grace Noble within the Single Scull Rowing.

Full checklist of Athletes

Athletics:

Males:

1. Tarsis Gracious Orogot – 200m

2. Tom Dradriga – 800m

3. Jacob Kiplimo – 5000m/10000m

4. Joshua Cheptegei – 5000m/10000m

5. Oscar Chelimo – 5000m

6. Martin Magengo Kiprotich – 10000m

7. Leonard Chemutai – 3000m Steeplechase

8. Victor Kiplangat – Marathon

9. Stephen Kissa – Marathon

10. Andrew Rotich Kwemoi – Marathon

Girls:

1. Halimah Nakaayi – 800m

2. Winnie Nanyondo – 1500m

3. Pleasure Cheptoyek – 5000m/10000m

4. Esther Chebet – 5000m

5. Belinda Chemutai – 5000m

6. Sarah Chelangat – 10000m

7. Annet Chemengich Chelangat – 10000m

8. Peruth Chemutai – 3000m Steeplechase

9. Stella Chesang – Marathon

10. Mercyline Chelangat – Marathon

11. Rebecca Cheptegei – Marathon

Swimming:

– Gloria Muzito – 100m Freestyle

– Jesse Ssengonzi – 100m Butterfly

Biking:

– Charles Kagimu (Males’s Street Race)

Rowing:

– Kathleen Grace Noble (Single Scull Rowing)

Competitors Schedule:

– Bike owner Charles Kagimu will compete on 3 August 2024.

– Rower Kathleen Noble competes from 27 July to three August 2024.

-Swimmer Gloria Muzito (100m Freestyle) competes on 30 July 2024 (heats and semifinals) and 31 July 2024 (ultimate).

– Swimmer Jesse Ssengonzi: (100m Butterfly) competes from 2 August to three August 2024.

– Athletics program begins on 2 August with the ladies’s 800m Spherical 1 and the boys’s 10,000m ultimate. (A full schedule is offered.)