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Daniel Nsubuga

Uganda Athletics has named the group that can signify Uganda on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games due in Glasgow, Scotland.

The group has 17-athletes alongside 4 officers who will oversee the group through the Video games scheduled for July 23 to August 1.

2020 Olympic champion over the 3000m girls’s steeplechase race Peruth Chemutai headlines the named group to surge for glory in Glasgow. Chemutai scooped bronze on the 2022 video games held in Birmingham.

As earlier acknowledged by this web site, Uganda’s golden duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will not be a part of Uganda’s lengthy checklist to this yr’s Glasgow Commonwealth Video games.

Cheptegei and Kiplimo introduced their transition from monitor and discipline to the marathons in 2024 and 2025 respectively which is the principle cause why they don’t seem to be a part of the checklist.

Kiplimo received the 10000m and 5000m races on the earlier video games whereas Cheptegei smiled to the identical achievement in 2018.

The onus to ship gold medals is now on Herbert Chebet, Kenneth Kiprop and Dan Chibet amongst others whereas Chemutai can be aiming to show her bronze into gold this time.

2019 World Champion Halima Nakaayi over the 800m race is the over skilled athlete a part of the group to Glasgow.

On the 2022 version that was held in Birmingham, Uganda collected 5 medals with 4 coming from Athletics.

Victor Kiplangat grew to become the primary ever Ugandan to a win a commonwealth marathon, whereas Jacob Kiplimo surged to a double gold over the (10,000m and 5000m). Peruth Chemuta managed bronze within the 3000m steeplechase.

The opposite medal was collected by Uganda’s first ever feminine Commonwealth video games boxer Teddy Nakimuli, who claimed bronze on the earlier video games.

Uganda will compete in 10 disciplines on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games due subsequent month in Glasgow. The delegation will embrace athletes in athletics, netball, boxing, 3×3 basketball, swimming, weightlifting, para powerlifting, para swimming, judo and monitor biking.

Athletics could have the largest illustration with 17 athletes, adopted by netball with 12 and boxing with six. Uganda can even discipline 4 athletes in 3×3 basketball, 4 swimmers, three weightlifters, three para powerlifters, two para swimmers, two judokas and one monitor bike owner.