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Hello, welcome to the National Stadium in Surulere the starting point of the eighth edition of the Access Bank Gold Label Marathon, I am Hassan, and I will be your host throughout the journey.
The 2023 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been dominated by Ethiopians and Kenyans since its debut in 2016.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen for riding with us, this comes to the end of our live coverage of the Marathon.
- Again, Kenyans and Ethiopians dominated the Race for the eighth consecutive year in a row.
- TOP THREE WINNERS (MEN) NIGERIA
- Abdulhakeem Yunus
- Adepegba Lateef
- Adedeji Bashit
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- TOP THREE WINNERS (WOMEN)
- Herpha Guta (Ethiopia)
- Urisa Chala (Ethiopia)
- Naomi Maiyo (Kenya)
- TOP THREE WINNERS (MEN)
- Elkanah Kibet (Kenya)
- Dekeba Tafa (Ethiopia)
- Bernard Sang (Kenya)
- Felicia Adetutu becomes the first Nigerian woman to finish the race
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Herpha Guta of Ethiopia becomes the first woman to finish the race
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- Kenyans and Ethiopians have been the ones to finish earlier as we await the first Nigerian
- Elkanah Kibet is the first to reach the finish line
- A United States Army member, Elkanah Kibet, has won the 2023 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
- Elkanah Kibet has entered Atlantic City and he might break the record of the best finisher and set a new record
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- Two hours!!!!!!
- five kilometers to end the race as Elkanah Kibet is at the forefront to win
- Elkanah Kibet
He is a Kenyan-born American long-distance runner. An alumnus of Auburn University, he is also a financial management technician in the United States Army and competes in marathons as a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program
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- One hour, 42 minutes, and 30 seconds Kenyan, Elkanah Kibet leading the race
- Over an hour into the race and the big boys are being separated from
- The Gold-label race also served as the 2024 Olympics Qualifiers.
- The race has been flagged off by the sports Minister, Sunday Dare.
- The 42km race will start at 7. am as the runners are already set for the race.
- Ulfata Deresa of Ethiopia and his counterpart, Dagne Siranesh Yirga, won the seventh edition last year.
Ethiopia's Hayla Bazu Worku will be leading the team of over 1000 foreign world-class runners for the race.
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