Off the wire
• First Slovak president given ceremonial burial in Bratislava  • Houthis says U.S. targeting Yemen not acceptable  • Laos stresses importance of Chinese-invested Saysettha Development Zone  • Madrid legend Di Stefano to have street named in his honor  • News Analysis: Clues seen to Guterres' top priority as new UN chief  • Hate crimes in England, Wales up by a fifth in 2015: Home Office  • Revamping energy market priority in 2016: EC official  • Ukraine's energy resources sufficient to pass through winter: PM  • Feature: China's culinary variety on full display in trendy part of Mexico City  • British firm to compensate passengers if trains delayed by 15 minutes  
You are here: 　 Home

Five Ugandan athletes leave for Nanjing Marathon

Xinhua, October 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Five Ugandan athletes on Thursday left for China to participate in the Nanjing Marathon.

Dominic Otuchet, president of the Uganda Athletics Federation said Alex Malinga and James Kibet will participate in the full marathon on Oct. 16.

"We shall also have Peter Kibet, Wycliffe Kiptoyek and the only female Emily Chebet participate in the half marathon," Otuchet said.

"We are confident our athletes will have a good time and compete well with top other runners from Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and China," added Otuchet.

2012 Olympic gold medalist Stephen Kiprotich will not be at the event as he is recovering from fatigue after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games where he finished 16th. Endit