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Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de France.
The three-time world champion timed an Olympic record of 26 minutes and 43.14 seconds for victory on Friday.
Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi edged American Grant Fisher by two-hundredths of a second to take silver in 26:43.44.
The world record holder added the Olympic 10,000 metres title to his remarkable haul to take the Games’ first track gold.
The Ugandan, who took silver in Tokyo and gold over 5,000 metres, produced a devastating last 600 metres…
