THE most experienced Ugandan runner Alex Malinga has dedicated most of his time to giving tips to new entrant Moses Ruguti who will represent Uganda at the World Athletics Championships.
BY NORMAN KATENDE
THE most experienced Ugandan runner Alex Malinga has dedicated most of his time to giving tips to new entrant Moses Ruguti who will represent Uganda at the World Athletics Championships.
Ruguti is among Uganda's entry of four athletes in the marathon event at the Worlds next week in Berlin, Germany .
Malinga, who has represented Uganda in two Olympics (Sydney’04 and Beijing’08) and two World championships (Helsinki’05 and Osaka’07), has been training together with Amos Masai and Ruguti in Bukwo, where he is sharing with them the experience of running long distance races as a team.
In Helsinki 2005, Malinga finished sixth with a national record on 2:12:12, but this time around, he failed to hit the qualifying mark for the biennial event.
“He has been with them for some time. They are training together. He is encouraging them to follow the whole programme,†said Uganda Athletics Federation secretary Beatrice Ayikoru yesterday.
The team departs next week.
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Uganda team 800m Abraham Chepkirwok 3000mSC Benjamin Kiplagat Simon Ayeko 5000m Moses Kipsiro Moses Kibet Geoffrey Kusuro 10000m Boniface Kiprop Martin Toroitich Marathon Moses Ruguti Amos Masai Nicholas Kiprono Jane Suuto (woman)