A Kenya-born French long-distance runner, Abraham Kiprotich, has emerged winner of the third Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. He concluded the 42 kilometer race after 2 hours, 15 minutes and 10 seconds. Kiprotich will take home the $50,000 prize. While Herpha Guta, an Ethiopian, won the women edition of the competition. She completed the race […]
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The Lagos City Marathon competition holds on Saturday, February 10, 2018. In preparation for the event, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has announced traffic diversion on the affected routes during the race. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Authority, said that the event will kick-off at 6am from the National Stadium, Surulere and […]
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The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Road Race Bronze Label to Access Bank Lagos City Marathon makes the Lagos marathon the first full marathon in West Africa to get an IAAF label. The IAAF accreditation which was announced last week ahead of the 3rd edition of the marathon in February 2018, was the outcome […]
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