Prisca Chesang
{{Short description|Ugandan long-distance runner}}
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| nationality = Ugandan
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| country = Uganda
| sport = Athletics
| event = Middle-, Long-distance running
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Nairobi|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Cali|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Bathurst|Senior team}}
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Prisca Chesang (born 7 August 2003){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/146990 |title=Prisca Chesang |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 July 2021}} is a Ugandan middle- and long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 and 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
Career
Chesang represented Uganda at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the women's 5000 metres event.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-5000m-rnd1-000100-.htm |title=Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730095019/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-5000m-rnd1-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }}
She competed also in the 3000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 9:03.44.
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.{{Cite web |last=Sapper |first=Svenja |date=2022-12-31 |title=Silvesterläufe international: Konstanze Klosterhalfen rennt an die Spitze der ewigen deutschen Bestenliste |url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/77516-silvesterlaeufe-international-konstanze-klosterhalfen-rennt-an-die-spitze-der-ewigen-deutschen-bestenliste |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de}}
Doping ban
In January 2024 Chesang received a two year competition ban after testing positive for furosemide in September 2023.{{cite news |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/ugandan-middle-distance-runner-given-two-year-ban-for-masking-agent/ |title=Ugandan middle-distance runner given two-year ban for masking agent |work=Canadian Running |date=26 January 2024 |first=Marley |last=Dickinson |access-date=18 July 2024}} The ban is set to run from 6 December 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/AIU-23-307-CHESANG-Decision_FINAL.pdf |title=DECISION OF THE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE CASE OF MS PRISCA CHESANG |publisher=Athletics Integrity Unit |date=23 January 2024 |access-date=18 July 2024}}
Achievements
=Personal bests=
- 1500 metres – 4:08.15 (Nice 2021)
- 3000 metres – 9:03.44 (Nairobi 2021)
- 10,000 metres – 15:05.39 (Hengelo 2021)
;Road
- 10 kilometres – 32:42 (Bengaluru 2022)
=National titles=
- Ugandan Championships
- 1500 metres: 2022
- 5000 metres: 2022
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Category:Ugandan female long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Uganda
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Ugandan sportswomen
Category:Doping cases in athletics
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