Prisca Chesang

Prisca Chesang
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
Born (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003
Sport
CountryUganda
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Middle-, Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Uganda
World U20 Championships
2022 Cali 5000 m
2021 Nairobi 5000 m
2021 Nairobi 3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2023 Bathurst Senior team

Prisca Chesang (born 7 August 2003)[1] is a Ugandan middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships and the silver medal in the 5000 metres and the bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships (after Medina Eisa and Melknat Wudu were given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of their medals in those events).[2]

Career

Chesang represented Uganda at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the women's 5000 metres event.[3]

She competed in the 3000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships, winning the bronze medal with a personal best time of 9:03.44 (originally finishing fourth, however Melknat Wudu was given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of her bronze medal).[4] She competed also in the 5000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships and won the silver medal (originally finished third, however Melknat Wudu was given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of her silver medal).[5]

Chesang won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships (originally finished second, however Medina Eisa was given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of her gold medal).[6] The 19-year-old won the 2022 San Silvestre Vallecana road 10 km (not eligible for record purposes) in a time of 30:19, beating Francine Niyonsaba, fifth in the 10,000 m at the Tokyo Games, and Beatrice Chepkoech, world record holder in the 3000 m steeplechase.[7]

Doping ban

In January 2024 Chesang received a two year competition ban after testing positive for furosemide in September 2023.[8] The ban is set to run from 6 December 2023.[9]

Achievements

Personal bests

Road

National titles

  • Ugandan Championships
    • 1500 metres: 2022
    • 5000 metres: 2022

References

  1. ^ "Prisca Chesang". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ Dickinson, Marley. "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating" Canadian Running Magazine, March 5, 2026, accessed March 5, 2026 at https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/world-athletics-rejects-five-u20-world-records-due-to-age-cheating/
  3. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ Dickinson, Marley. "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating" Canadian Running Magazine, March 5, 2026, accessed March 5, 2026 at https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/world-athletics-rejects-five-u20-world-records-due-to-age-cheating/
  5. ^ Dickinson, Marley. "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating" Canadian Running Magazine, March 5, 2026, accessed March 5, 2026 at https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/world-athletics-rejects-five-u20-world-records-due-to-age-cheating/
  6. ^ Dickinson, Marley. "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating" Canadian Running Magazine, March 5, 2026, accessed March 5, 2026 at https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/world-athletics-rejects-five-u20-world-records-due-to-age-cheating/
  7. ^ Sapper, Svenja (31 December 2022). "Silvesterläufe international: Konstanze Klosterhalfen rennt an die Spitze der ewigen deutschen Bestenliste". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ^ Dickinson, Marley (26 January 2024). "Ugandan middle-distance runner given two-year ban for masking agent". Canadian Running. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  9. ^ "DECISION OF THE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE CASE OF MS PRISCA CHESANG" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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