The long-awaited Lagos City Marathon has ended with Kenyan marathoner Abraham Kipton winning the inaugural edition of the race.
Over 20,000 athletes, including 150 local and international world-class runners participated in the keenly contested race.
Citizens from Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Uganda, India,
Cameroon, Asia and other parts of the world were very much in the city
of Lagos to contest for the ultimate $50,000 prize money.
There were various categories of prizes awarded at the end of the
race asides the medals for the Champion of the event. Special categories
were carved out for disabled athletes, there were also medals for top
Nigerian (male/female) athletes in the race.
In the male category, Peter Maham was the third Nigerian to cross the
finish line, Ilia Pam came in second place, while Philip Sharubutu was
the first Nigerian to finish the race.
Kenyan athlete, Abraham Kipton, has won the Lagos City Marathon race with a time of 2 hours, 16 minutes.
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, the Minister of Youths
and Sports, Solomon Dalung, and other dignitaries were at the finish
line to witness the event.
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