Uganda's Victor Kiplangat celebrates with his national flag after winning the men's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP)

Joshua Cheptegei, the three-time back-to-back 10,000m world champion on Sunday waxed lyrical about training partner Victor Kiplangat’s world marathon title win.   

Kiplangat won marathon gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest,