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Musagala fails to run in DL over visa delay Allan Darren Kyeyune Middle-distance runner Ronald Musagala will have to wait a little longer before he makes a season bow abroad following a visa hitch last week. He was meant to be in Europe a week ago but yesterday, Musagala missed the 1500m event at the World Athletics Diamond League (DL) season opener in Gateshead, northeast of England. Over a week ago, Musagala’s passport was taken to the UK Embassy in a bid to secure a visa. Its return was delayed and he first missed the 1500m race at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike Meeting in Czech Republic five days ago. “I had already got the visa to Ostrava,” Musagala said last week. Efforts by Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) and his management Global Sports Communication had almost reached fruition but he was late for Gateshead. “They were giving us some conditions to the passport yesterday [Saturday],” UAF administrator Timothy Masaba. “But the last available fli
Cheptegei contributes one of five 2021 world bests on chilly night in Ostrava Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Uganda’s world 5,000 and 10,000 metres record holder Joshua Cheptegei showed he is human after all as he found the 25-year-old 3,000m world record of 7min 20.67sec set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen beyond him at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava.
But his front-running personal best of 7:33.24 was still one of five world bests set on a thoroughly chilly evening at the Městský Stadion in what was the 60
th Golden Spike meeting.
The men’s javelin stadium record was better than your average, given that it was set by home thrower and world record holder Jan Zelezny at 94.64 metres.