BREAKING: Kenyan marathoner wins Lagos City Marathon

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.
Mary Akor came in as the first Nigerian female to cross the finish line, Olamide Oluwaseun was the second Nigerian female to finish the race; while Yohanna Donatu came in third place.

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