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Stanley Waithaka
Stanley Waithaka Mburu (born 9 April 2000) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres Mburu enjoyed his first international success at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, taking a bronze medal in the 3000 metres behind Ethiopia's Selemon Barega and Kenyan compatriot Edward Zakayo. The following year he made his debut on the 2018 IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking third in the 5000 metres with a personal best of 13:10.14 minutes. This time ranked him in the top twenty for the distance that year. At the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships he was again bested by Zakayo, making it a Kenyan 1–2 in the 5000 m final, while reigning U18 champion Selemon Barega finished out of the medals. Mburu won at the Palio Città della Quercia meet in August, but failed to finish at the more prestigious Memorial Van Damme race.
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Sport Of Athletics
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Joshua Cheptegei
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan Long-distance running, long-distance runner. He is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres, and held the world best time over the 15K run, 15 kilometres distance. Cheptegei is the reigning Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Olympic champion in the 10000 m and the reigning three-time World Athletics Championships, World champion in the 10,000 m. Cheptegei also won a gold medal in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympic Games, Cheptegei won gold in the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres, 10,000 metres, becoming the Olympic champion and setting a new List of Olympic records in athletics, Olympic record in the process. Cheptegei is the tenth man in history to hold the 5000 m and 10,000 m world records conc ...
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Kenyan Male Long-distance Runners
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2000 Births
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2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 Metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July. Records Results References

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Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second most populous urban area in the country after the Helsinki metropolitan area. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. The urban area has a population of approximately 340,000. Tampere is considered to be the most important urban, economic and cultural centre in the whole of inland Finland. Tampere and its surroundings are part of the historic province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the province of Häme from 1831 to 1997; over time, it has often been considered a province of Tavastia. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'', published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as part of the then province of Tavastia. However between 1775 and 1870 Tammerkoski rap ...
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