Ugandan runner Joshua Cheptegei claimed the 2017 Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN posting a new personal best in South Africa on Sunday.
Cheptegei – just from London where he put up a spectacular 10,000m Silver Medal winning performance at the World Athletics Championships – ran the fourth fastest time this year.
He crossed the line in 27:28, after a 10km journey through the city, past a number of Durban’s iconic landmarks.
The time he ran the distance was faster than that of Laredo, Spain (27:46) in March last year.
The 21-year-old braved the windy conditions, reaching the tape before Stephen Kissa and Julien Wanders.
Men: 1 Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 27:28, 2 Stephen Kissa (UGA) 28:04, 3 Julien Wanders (SUI) 28:12, 4 Stephen Mokoka (RSA) 28:34 #D10Krun
— Durban 10K (@Durban10k) October 8, 2017
Fellow Ugandan Mercyline Chelangat dominated the women’s category also setting a new personal best as she finished in 31:37.
Women: 1 Mercy Chelangat (UGA) 31:37, 2 Paskalia Chepkorir (KEN) 31:47, 3 Dorcas Tuitoek (KEN) 32:11… 5 Dom Scott-Efurd (RSA) 33:26
— Durban 10K (@Durban10k) October 8, 2017
“I am very happy. A national record and my personal best, yes I am very happy,” Cheptegei told Yoursport.