Abuja marathon: Students category winner to get N.5m

By Daily Sports Nigeria on April 21, 2023

In a bid to encourage young Nigerians in marathon and road races, the organisers of the Abuja International Marathon have announced prize money for any Nigerian students from age 17 or below, who gets to the finish line of the 5km Students Race, The PUNCH reports.

The race is in three categories: the full marathon, 10km race and the 5km for students.

Race director Olukayode Thomas told The PUNCH that the first five Nigerian students to clock the finish line in the 5km race will be rewarded with cash prizes.

“The winner of the 5km race will pocket N500,000, the second takes home N300,000, while N200,000 is for the third prize winner. Also, the fourth and fifth winners will be given N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.”

According to the organisers, both Nigerian and foreign elite runners, alongside students, will partake in the 5km, 10km and full marathon races slated for April 29, 2023.

Meanwhile, FCT Director of schools sports Adamu Hashimu, in a press briefing, said the aim of the 5km race was to encourage Nigerian youths to embrace road races and marathons.

Hashimu further noted that before prizes were paid, the race organisers Unicentral Resources Generation Limited and the FCTA would confirm the information on the entry form of the winners from their respective schools.

“Nigerians who are familiar with the performances of our people will remember that when the world record in the marathon was 2hr: 08mins, Nigerians like Abass Mohammed and Yohanna Waziri were running 2hr:14mins, a very good time that has won about seven editions of the Lagos Marathon,” Hashimu said.

“In the FCT Sports Department, we have our own Hulda Nwokocha, who once placed fifth in the marathon at the World Universities Games.

“So, we need to start a development programme that will see our students, especially those from the Northern part of Nigeria, who have similar physiological traits with Kenyans and Ethiopians, embrace the culture of marathon and road races at a tender age”

About 30,000 runners, which include 50 foreign elite runners and 120 local elites, are expected to participate in the marathon.

 

 

 

Source Punch Ng

Posted April 21, 2023


 

You may also like...
Nigeria Set to Escape FIFA Ban!

Man City to Parade EPL, Carabao Cup, Other...

Liverpool Reach Agreement To Sign Konate

Cooper appointed Leicester manager

CAF General Secretary Quits, Commercial Director Handed Acting...

Returning Chukwueze gets Milan ovation

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,164 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,308 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,949 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,905 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,744 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,312 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,507 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,932 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media