{"id":219345,"date":"2025-12-21T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/convincing-wins-for-ugandas-cheptegei-and-ethiopias-degitu\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:14:21","slug":"convincing-wins-for-ugandas-cheptegei-and-ethiopias-degitu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/convincing-wins-for-ugandas-cheptegei-and-ethiopias-degitu\/","title":{"rendered":"Convincing wins for Uganda\u2019s Cheptegei and Ethiopia\u2019s Degitu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3u4036\/article70422654.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_1_211225TATASTEEL25K6.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3u4036\/article70422654.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_1_211225TATASTEEL25K6.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3u4036\/article70422654.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_1_211225TATASTEEL25K6.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/3u4036\/article70422654.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_1_211225TATASTEEL25K6.JPG\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    10,000m and 5000m world record holder Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda wtns the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 men\u2019s title on Sunday, December 21, 2025.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-70422267\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Uganda\u2019s 5,000m and 10,000m World Record holder Joshua Cheptegei and Ethiopia\u2019s Degitu Azimeraw convincingly took the men\u2019s and women\u2019s crowns, while Gulveer Singh and Seema, the best home runners, rewrote Indian event records in the 10th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u2018second home,\u2019 double Olympic champion Cheptegei clocked 1:11:49 to beat current World marathon champion Alphonce Simbu for a prize-money of $15,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-picture \">\n<div class=\"picture zoom-img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/khwprm\/article70422661.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_56_56_4_211225TATASTEEL25K4.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/khwprm\/article70422661.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_56_56_4_211225TATASTEEL25K4.JPG\" alt=\"Degitu Azimeraw from Ethiopia claims the overall women\u2019s title in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 on Sunday 21, December 2025. \" title=\"Degitu Azimeraw from Ethiopia claims the overall women\u2019s title in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 on Sunday 21, December 2025. \" class=\" lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<p>                            Degitu Azimeraw from Ethiopia claims the overall women\u2019s title in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 on Sunday 21, December 2025.<br \/>\n                                                            | Photo Credit:<br \/>\n                                DEBASISH BHADURI\n                                                    <\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/khwprm\/article70422661.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_56_56_4_211225TATASTEEL25K4.JPG\"\/><meta content=\"1200\" itemprop=\"width\"\/><meta content=\"675\" itemprop=\"height\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Degitu, meanwhile, timed 1:19:36 to spoil Sutume Kebede\u2019s plans for a hat-trick of titles. She reclaimed the top spot after eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Following a pre-dawn start, Cheptegei maintained his place among the leaders before clinically steering clear in the final stages. \u201cThis victory gives me confidence for my next marathon,\u201d said Cheptegei.<\/p>\n<p>Defying stiff legs, Degitu led the race at the 10km, 15km and 20km marks before taking a decisive lead around 22km. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-picture \">\n<div class=\"picture zoom-img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/ksir3\/article70422663.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_5_211225TATASTEEL25K10.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/ksir3\/article70422663.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_5_211225TATASTEEL25K10.JPG\" alt=\"10000m and 5000m National record holder and new event record holder Gulveer finishes in the Tata Steel World  25K on Sunday, December 21, 2025. \" title=\"10000m and 5000m National record holder and new event record holder Gulveer finishes in the Tata Steel World  25K on Sunday, December 21, 2025. \" class=\" lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<p>                            10000m and 5000m National record holder and new event record holder Gulveer finishes in the Tata Steel World  25K on Sunday, December 21, 2025.<br \/>\n                                                            | Photo Credit:<br \/>\n                                DEBASISH BHADURI\n                                                    <\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/ksir3\/article70422663.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_5_211225TATASTEEL25K10.JPG\"\/><meta content=\"1200\" itemprop=\"width\"\/><meta content=\"675\" itemprop=\"height\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Gulveer timed 1:12:06 despite an altered and challenging course. He kept pace with the leading pack of east African runners till 40-odd minutes before lowering his own record of 1:14:10 set last year.<\/p>\n<p>Gulveer, who finished a creditable overall fifth, bagged the winner\u2019s cheque of \u20b93,00,000 and an event record bonus of \u20b91,00,000. \u201cRecords come with consistency. There are no shortcuts,\u201d said Gulveer.<\/p>\n<p>Second-placed Harmanjot was 10th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>overall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-picture \">\n<div class=\"picture zoom-img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/bgtjqg\/article70422667.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_3_211225TATASTEEL25K8.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/bgtjqg\/article70422667.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_3_211225TATASTEEL25K8.JPG\" alt=\"Indian women\u2019s winner and new event record holder Seema in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata on Sunday, December 21, 2025. \" title=\"Indian women\u2019s winner and new event record holder Seema in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata on Sunday, December 21, 2025. \" class=\" lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n<p>                            Indian women\u2019s winner and new event record holder Seema in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata on Sunday, December 21, 2025.<br \/>\n                                                            | Photo Credit:<br \/>\n                                DEBASISH BHADURI\n                                                    <\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/bgtjqg\/article70422667.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/80717_21_12_2025_14_59_2_3_211225TATASTEEL25K8.JPG\"\/><meta content=\"1200\" itemprop=\"width\"\/><meta content=\"675\" itemprop=\"height\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dominating the race, World University Games silver medallist Seema registered 1:26:04 to break L. Suriya\u2019s 2017 record of 1:26:53 to be the first among Indian women and 10th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>overall. Defending champion Sanjivani Jadhav was a distant second.<\/p>\n<p><b>The results: International: Men:<\/b> 1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uga) 1:11:49, 2. Alphonce Simbu (Tan) 1:11:56, 3. Tebello Ramakongoana (Lso) 1:11:59.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Straight from the record-breaker herself \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n<p>Seema reflects on her unforgettable 25K performance moments after the finish at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSW25K?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TSW25K<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x06mKVoVjP\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/x06mKVoVjP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata (@tsw25k) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsw25k\/status\/2002601901901414428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Women:<\/b> 1. Degitu Azimeraw (Eth) 1:19:36, 2. Sutume Kebede (Eth) 1:20:28, 3. Meselech Alemayehu (Eth) 1:20:48.<\/p>\n<p><b>Indian: Men:<\/b> 1. Gulveer Singh 1:12:06, 2. Harmanjot Singh 1:15:11, 3. Sawan Barwal 1:15:25.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women:<\/b> 1. Seema 1:26:04, 2. Sanjivani Jadhav 1:30:34, 3. Nirmaben Thakor 1:32:02.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; December 21, 2025 05:44 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/convincing-wins-for-ugandas-cheptegei-and-ethiopias-degitu\/article70422267.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10,000m and 5000m world record holder Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda wtns the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata 2025 men\u2019s title on Sunday, December 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Uganda\u2019s 5,000m and 10,000m World Record holder Joshua Cheptegei and Ethiopia\u2019s Degitu Azimeraw convincingly took the men\u2019s and women\u2019s crowns, while Gulveer Singh and Seema, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}