The much awaited Lagos City Marathon has ended with over 20,000
athletes, including 150 local and international world-class runners who
participated. Kenyan Marathoner- Abraham Kipton has won the inaugural
edition of the race.
Citizens from Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Uganda, India,
Cameroon, Asia and other parts of the world are very much in the city of
Lagos to contest for the ultimate $50, 000 prize money to be given to
the first.
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10:36′ Third position in the female category goes to Ethiopia, Alis
Thimbil from Kenya comes in second position, while Halima Hussein of
Ehtiopia comes in first place.
10:32′ Award ceremony gets underway.
Halima Hussein of Ethiopia is the first female to cross the finish
line, while Chineme Okpeta is the first Nigerian female to cross the
finish line.
10:27′ Governor Ambode thrills the crowd with a brief dance move.
10: 20′ Olamide prostrates for Governor Akinwumi Ambode, as the governor addresses all present at the Eko Atlantic
10:18′ Olamide has taken the stage, singing the Lagos song, the arena is charged, as everyone is in high spirit.
10: 05′ Solomon Dalung, minister of sports addressing the crowd at the Eko Atlantic.
Two more Nigerians have emerged winners, coming in 8th and 9th position.
Emmanuel Gyan made it as the first Nigerian to arrive the finish line, he came in 7th place.
The arena is agog with music and gyration, more runners arriving the finish line, the first female marathoner still awaited.
9:28′ More runners are coming in full throttle at the finish line.
9: 23′ Kenyan Zafaru Ali has come in first place place.
The finish line is already filled with fans in their thousands.
9:22′ Athlete 341 from Kenya is fast approaching the Eko Atlantic, he is leading with a very wide gap.
9:18′ Any time from now a winner will emerge.
The world record sits at 2hours 3minutes, it is now 1hour 56minutes into the race.
To have a realistic chance of winning, the front runners must keep an even pace, consistency matters now than ever before.
8:54: Top seeds are upon the Ikoyi-Lekki link bridge, heading towards Admiralty way.
Most areas in Surulere are under the watchful eyes of the Nigerian police, most roads are blocked.
8:34′ More and more runners are quitting. Some have ‘crashed’ just rear of the Third Mainland bridge.
8:32′ Top increasing their pace by the minute, they might have spotted a landmark that tells them the end is not so far away.
Winner of the first Lagos City Marathon
Abraham Kipton (first from left) is thw innefr of the first Lagos City Marathon, coming in at 2hours 16 minutes 21seconds
The first woman to finish the race.
Olamide Adedeji popularly called Olamide, media celebrity Jimi Disu,
Rapper Ogunbote aka Jaayglow and national champion in 100m Adeseye
Ogunlewe are also expected to be part of the exceptional event.
Meanwhile, winner of the 2015 Geneva Marathon, Peter Kiplagat of
Kenya has vowed to run the 42km road race under 2hrs 17 mins to ensure
he returns home with the $50,000 (about N15million) star prize at stake.
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