Umunya-Uganda Jacob Kiplimo yongeye kwigaragaza mu mateka yβimikino ngororamubiri ku rwego mpuzamahanga, nyuma yo gushyiraho agahigo gashya ku Isi mu gusiganwa intera ya Half-Marathon. Ibi yabigezeho kuri iki Cyumweru ubwo hasozwaga irushanwa ryabereye mu mujyi wa Lisbon muri Portugal, rikaba ari rimwe mu masiganwa akomeye akurikirwa nβabakunzi bβiyi siporo ku Isi.
Kiplimo wβimyaka 25 yβamavuko yasoje iri siganwa rya kilometero 21.097 akoresheje iminota 57 nβamasegonda 20, bituma aca agahigo kari kamaze igihe gito gashyizweho nβUmunya-Ethiopia Yomif Kejelcha. Uyu Kejelcha yari yashyizeho aka gahigo mu mwaka wa 2024 mu isiganwa ryabereye i Valencia muri Espagne, aho yari yakoresheje iminota 57 nβamasegonda 30.
Ibi bivuze ko Kiplimo yamurenzeho amasegonda 10, ibintu byongeye kwerekana ko ari umwe mu bakinnyi badasanzwe mu gusiganwa ku maguru mu ntera ndende.
Si ubwa mbere uyu mukinnyi agaragaza ubuhanga budasanzwe muri Half-Marathon, kuko no mu 2021 ari we wari warashyizeho agahigo ku Isi muri iyi ntera. Icyo gihe ntabwo yari yakoreye amateka muri uyu mujyi wa Lisbon, asoza isiganwa akoresheje iminota 57 nβamasegonda 31.
Kiplimo kandi si mushya mu gutsindira ibikombe bikomeye ku Isi. Uyu mukinnyi yamaze kwegukana inshuro eshatu irushanwa rya World Cross Country Championships, riba rimwe mu marushanwa akomeye mu gusiganwa ku maguru ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Abakurikiranye iri siganwa bavuga ko kuva ryatangira, Kiplimo yagaragazaga ko afite imbaraga nβumuvuduko udasanzwe. Yatangiye asiganwa ku muvuduko uri hejuru, agenda asiga abandi bakinnyi buhoro buhoro kugeza ubwo asoje ari wenyine ku murongo wa nyuma.
Ibi byatumye abakunzi bβimikino ngororamubiri nβimpuguke muri siporo batangaza ko Kiplimo ari umwe mu bakinnyi bafite ejo hazaza heza cyane muri marato nβandi masiganwa akomeye.
Agahigo yashyizeho i Lisbon gashobora gukomeza kumuhesha icyubahiro ku rwego mpuzamahanga, ndetse bigaha icyizere abakunzi bβiyi siporo ko ashobora kongera kugahindura mu gihe kiri imbere.
