Two Ethiopian marathoners: Daresa Ulfata and Dagne Siranesh, have emerged both male and female winners of the 42km Seventh Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Saturday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ulfata won the 42km men’s marathon with a time of 2:11:54 to win the star prize of $30,000 in that category.
Similarly, Siranesh won the 42km 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 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 42km race.
In the female 42km 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.