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Uganda's long-distance star Jacob Kiplimo has been ruled out of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
With only a week to the championships due 19-27 August, Uganda will be without its distinguished star.
According to Uganda Athletics Federation, Kiplimo sustained the injury on August 1st while in training at the high-altitude, Kapchorwa in Eastern Uganda. Team Uganda, now reduced to 20 athletes, are polishing up their training sessions in Kapchorwa.
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He is reportedly expected to regain fitness in three weeks, ruling him out of the Worlds.
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Kiplimo had been confirmed for the 10,000m and 5,000m distance at the 2023 World Athletics Championships running alongside Joshua Cheptegei.
Before the injury, Kiplimo shocked fans with a sixth place in Monaco in his last race in July.
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The race marked his first out-of-podium finish in almost two years as he posted a disappointing sixth place in the men's 5000m race at the Herculis Diamond League in Monaco.
In June, Kiplimo clocked the fifth fastest time in history with a 12:41.73 photo finish at the Oslo Diamond League.
The double Commonwealth champion will be expected on the road in Latvia in September for the half-marathon.
He holds the men's half-marathon world record, 57:31, set on 21 November 2021 during the Lisbon Half Marathon.
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Leading the charge for Uganda will be the prodigious duo of Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo.
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