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| Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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Charity Cherop (born 4 July 2007) is an Ugandan long distance runner. [1]
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Charity Cherop (born 4 July 2007) is an Ugandan long distance runner. [1]
She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a personal best 15:25.02. [2] [3] [4]
She travelled to Europe for the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour and won the Cardiff Cross Challenge in November 2024, her first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race win. [5] [6] That month, she finished third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica behind Beatrice Chebet. [7] [8]
She placed third in the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025. [9]
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