By Daily Sports Nigeria on February 15, 2025

Kenyan athlete, Edwin Koech, has won the men’s category of the 2025 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, which was held on Saturday.

Koech won the $50,000 first-place prize for the men’s category, which is his second after clinching victory in the 2023 edition.

The Kenyan ran for a record 2 hours and 14 minutes.

In the women’s category, Ethiopia’s Guta Hirpa emerged victorious, clocking a time of 2 hours and 37.02 minutes.

The 2025 champion is the third-time winner of the marathon women’s event.

While the first Nigerian to finish the race, Nyango Boyi made history by finishing in the top 10 positions.

He finished the race in 8th place, clocking a time of 2:25:41.58, which will earn him a prize award of $4,000. As the first Nigerian to finish the race, Boyi also won the N2 million top prize in the Nigerian category.

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was also one of the participants in this year’s Lagos City Marathon.

About 37,000 runners competed in the 10km and 42km races of the 2025 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Speaking at the event, the General Manager of the race and retired Nigerian long jumper, Yusuf Ali, said, “The figure was derived from the number of running kits distributed out of the over 60,000 runners who registered to take part.”

The 42km race commenced at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, by 6:30 am, while the 10km marathon started at the Grace Garden Event Centre in Lekki by 9:30 am, with both races terminating at Eko Atlantic City.

The race, which started in 2016, enters its 10th year with a World Athletics gold label and the organisers set their sights on getting the platinum label, thereby becoming the first marathon race in Africa to reach the status.

The Lagos State Government had on Friday announced a planned eight-hour road closure and traffic diversion for the motoring public along some identified routes for the race between 5 am and 1 pm.

Source Punch Ng

Posted February 15, 2025

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