Two Ethiopian marathoners, Daresa Ulfata and Dagne Siranesh, emerged both male and female winners of the 42-km 7th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Saturday in Lagos.
Daresa Ulfata won the 42-km men’s marathon with the time of 2:11:54 to win the star prize of $30,000 in that category.
Similarly, another Ethiopian, Dagne Siranesh, won the 42-km race in the female category with a time of 2:33:54 and also went away with a star prize of $30,000.
David Bamasai from Kenya returned the time of 2:13:33 to emerge 1st runner-up in the male category of the event with a prize of $20,000.
Another Kenyan, Emmanuel Nabei, returned the time of 2:14:37 to win $15,000 for coming third in the male category of the 42-km race.
In the female 42-km race, 2018 winners, Alemensh Herpha Guta of Ethiopia emerged the 1st runner-up with the time of 2:35:34 while Naomi Maiyo from Kenya returned the time of 2:35:44 to emerge the 2nd runner-up.
The 1st and 2nd runners-up for the female category were rewarded with $20,000 and $15,000 respectively.
At the event were Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shuaibu and Minister of Youth & Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare.
Others included Group Executive Director, Revolution Plus Property, Mrs. Tolulope Onalaja; Chairman/Non-Executive Director, Access Bank, Dr. (Mrs) Ajoritsedere Awosika and Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola.
