Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has broken the Commonwealth Games record in the 10,000m scooping a gold medal in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
The race saw Kiplimo run past Kenya\u2019s Daniel Ebenyo to register a record of 27:09:19.<\/p>\n
Kiplimo broke fellow Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei’s record of 27:19:62 he set in the 2018 Gold coast.<\/p>\n
In other games, Uganda fell to England in the Netball tournament losing 56-35 in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
England dominated all the three quarters leaving Uganda to trail 13-7 in the first quarter, 25-15 at half time before England won by a difference of 21.<\/p>\n
The she cranes will look for better fortunes today as they face off with Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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