Kenyan, Edward Kibet has emerged the winner of this year’s Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Saturday. Kibet defeated Ethiopian The Kenyan has also grabbed the grand prize of $50,000.
39 years old, Kibet finished at 2 hours, 14 minutes and six seconds to defeat Alemayehu Lemma of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Bernard Sang, who came second and third respectively. They will go home with $40,000 and $30,000 respectively.
Kibet is a Kenyan-born American long distance runner.
An alumnus of Auburn University. He is also a financial management technician in the United States Army and competes in marathons as a member of the US Army World Class Athlete Program.
Alemenseh Guta of Ethiopia was the first woman to cross the finish line, followed in second place by Kebene Urisa and Kenya’s Naomi Maiyo in third place.
To witness the event on Saturday were officials of the bank and the Deputy Governor of Lagos State Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.