Emmanuel Naibei and Meseret Dinke on Saturday emerged winners of the 2021 edition of the Lagos City Marathon race taking away a cash prize of $30,000 each.
Naibei, who is from Kenya returned a time of 2:11:37 to claim the top prize of $30,000 while Meseret Dinke, Ethiopian, won the female category also winning a cash prize of $30,000.
Daresa Geleta of Ethiopia took second place in the men category while Demiso Legese also from Ethiopia took third place.
In the second place, women category Celestine Chepchirchir (Kenya) won, taking a cash reward of $20,000 while Desta Muluneh (Ethiopia) took third place with a cash prize of $15,000.
Just like it is in the Men’s category, this is the fourth time an Ethiopian will be winning the female race.
Plateau-born, Istifanus Peter Mahan was the first Nigerian to cross the finish line.
As the first Nigerian, he will be going home with a whopping sum of ₦1,000,000, while the second and third Nigerian will bag ₦750,000 and ₦500,000 respectively.
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