Uganda police athletics team wins gold medals in IAAF

Uganda Police Force Athletics team has won at least two Gold medals in IAAF World Mountain Running Championship in Valla Camonica in Italy.

The Uganda Police team composed of PPC Martin Moses Kurong, Mande Abdalla Kibet and Michael Cherop won Gold Medal in the junior Men’s category with 13 points as a team.

Reports indicate that the race was a distance of 3.9km + 310m.
Michael Cherop as an individual policeman won a Gold medal in the same category after leading the race and being followed by European champion Adem Karagoz who was the second.

Bronze medal went to Sommez Dag who was just 10 seconds ahead of Moses Kurong. The Uganda team represented by Uganda Police won the gold, the second place went to Turkey and Italy was the third.
The three have been under- going intensive training in Kapchorwa before they left for the competition in Italy.

The Uganda Police Force has congratulated its team upon winning these two gold medals describing it as a great achievement to the Force.
The team will be arriving on Wednesday at 2:30 pm. There will be transport for Journalists at Police Headquarters at 12:00pm to Entebbe Airport to welcome them.

But we are not sure whether they are going to be taken to state house like Stephen Kiprotich or will they be promoted as well like Kiprotich.
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