Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Olumide gained the feminine race of the Fourth Version of the annual 10km Owan marathon race with a time of 1 hour and 24 minutes forward of Ruth Abu and Valuable Orogun.
Abu and Orogun, additionally 14-year-olds from Edo and Delta states, respectively, returned with occasions of 1 hour and 27 minutes, and one hour and 37 minutes to clinch the second and third positions, in that order.
Equally, 16-year-old Embah Godspower, born in Delta State, emerged because the male race winner with a time of 1 hour.
He was adopted intently by Paul Osadebame and Aliu Mirror, who ran one hour, two seconds, and 57 seconds, respectively.
The feminine winner, Olumide, who mentioned the race was her first, hopes to safe an athletic scholarship to check nursing overseas.
On his half, the male winner, Godspower, mentioned he was not shocked together with his victory as he had educated onerous for the race.
He mentioned his ambition is to characterize his state and Nigeria in nationwide and worldwide engagements.
In the meantime, athletic coach Oluyemi Ayopo has recommended the imaginative and prescient of the annual Owan Marathon race organiser for giving hope to the hopeless and showcasing their abilities.He mentioned the annual marathon race has helped produce athletes representing Edo state in nationwide occasions.
“The organisers, Christopher Ojo, have given these younger stars hope together with his singular sponsorship of this annual occasion. By means of this occasion, about 20 athletes found in earlier editions had been sponsored by Lagos’s yearly Entry Marathon race.”
“By means of this occasion additionally, an athlete found throughout the second version is presently on scholarship finding out in America. We want extra Ojo to assist nurture our ample abilities hidden in our numerous communities,” he mentioned.
The Secretary of the Nigeria Affiliation of Athletes Technical Officers, Fortunate Ehigiator, suggested the organiser to register the yearly race to make it a world occasion.
They recommended the organisers for elevating the bar within the 4th version of the annual race.
The organiser, Christopher Ojo, has promised to make sure that the victorious on this 12 months’s version are uncovered to aggressive races as a part of their grooming course of.
