Two Ugandans qualify for World Junior Athletics Championships

May 02, 2016

Bronze medallist in the women 5000m, Mercyline Chelangat hit the World Junior Championships mark after clocking 16 minutes 29 seconds

Two athletes qualified for the World Junior event as Uganda finished second in the Eastern Africa Junior athletics Championships that took place in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.

Bronze medallist in the women 5000m, Mercyline Chelangat hit the World Junior Championships mark after clocking 16 minutes 29 seconds inside the qualifying time of 16:40, while another male Martin Musau also qualified for the event.

Musau clocked 14:07 inside the 14:15 qualifying mark, with compatriot Abel Chebet narrowly missing the mark after clocking 14:17.

Chebet was a victim of tagging in the race as he was pushed, falling on the track with three laps to go.He finished 6th.

Uganda finished second overall in the event behind Kenya after winning four gold medals, which all came from the field athletes.

Bayan Odong won gold in the men's shot put and discus. Josephine Lalam and Moses Oceng also won gold in javelin.

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