Overview:
Tuesday night will climax with the long-awaited men’s 10,000m final starting at 9:55 PM involving two Ugandans; Abel Chebet and Samuel Simba Cherop.
6th Islamic Solidarity Games (Athletics):
Tuesday, 18th November 2025 (Select events for Uganda):
Morning session:
- 800m Men’s heat 2 (10:55 AM)
- 400m Women’s heat 3 (11:25 AM)
Evening session:
- 400m Men’s heat 1 (9:33 PM)
- 400m Men’s heat 3 (9:47 PM)
- 10,000m Men’s final (9:55 PM)
*Venue: Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Stadium, Riyadh
Uganda’s middle-distance athletes at the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, get into action on Tuesday, 18th November 2025.
The Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Stadium will be the duty station for the athletes, first in the morning session, before the night session.
Tom Dradriga, who has already qualified for the men’s 1500m on Wednesday night, returns with his favourite race, 800m.
Dradriga will race in Heat 2 at 10:55 a.m. He will be followed by Maureen Banura Akiiki in the women’s 400m Heat 3.
Night duty:
The middle distances will continue in the evening with three races involving Ugandans.
First, Haron Adoli will race in the 400m men’s Heat 1 at 9:33 PM. In heat 3 of the same distance, Kenneth Omuka will be in action at 9:47 PM.
The night will climax with the long-awaited men’s 10,000m final starting at 9:55 p.m., involving two Ugandans: Abel Chebet and Samuel Simba Cherop.
Monday’s action witnessed three Ugandans in action: Dradriga in the 1500m men’s semi-final heat 1, Josephine Joyce Lalam (Javelin), Leonard Chemutai (Steeplechase), as well as two ladies: Annet Chemengich Chelangat and Rabecca Chelangat.
Dradriga qualified for the finals of the 1500m due on Wednesday evening; Lalam failed to compete past the first throw after following an injured right knee, whilst Rabecca Chelangat clinched gold in the women’s 10,000m final, with Annet Chelangat finishing fourth in the women’s 10,000m race.
Rabecca clocked 32:11:42 ahead of Qatar’s Violah Motosio (32:13:59), who was leading by the time of the bell signal for the last lap.
Samiya Hassan Nour from Djibouti finished third to settle for bronze with a time of 32:17:72.
Annet Chelangat ran 32:51:33 to take fourth place, whilst Qatar’s Ruth Jebet was 6th (33:10:63).
Uganda has so far won 7 medals at these games; 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze.