Uganda, Oct. 9 -- Joshua Cheptegei has had a turnaround in his career, rising from mediocrity to now a world beater.
His name is in the upper echelons of long distance running and it could even rise higher to the level of greats such as Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele, and Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Paul Tergat. And going by his form, it could only be a matter of time for the 24-year-old.
Cheptegei's meteoric rise has been masterminded by his coach Dutch Addy Ruiter with whom he started working in late 2015 in Kapchorwa.
By then, it had only been over a year after Cheptegei had come to the world stage with the 10,000m title at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene, USA.
In 2015, he also won the Africa Junior 10...