Sarah Chelangat (born 5 June 2001) is a Ugandan

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athlete who specializes in

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. She represented Uganda at the

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, competing in women's 5000 metres. She competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. She had shin and knee injuries that kept her off the track for most of 2021, and she did not do much at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her performance in the

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in June 2019, 15:00.61, is a Ugandan national record. In 2024, she set a Ugandan national record for the 10,000m at the

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with a time of 30:24.04.

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* Ugandan female middle-distance runners Ugandan female long-distance runners 2001 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games Youth Olympic gold medalists for Uganda Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Uganda 21st-century Ugandan sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub