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The Eight edition of the Lagos City Marathon will be held on Saturday.
Ahead of the eight editions of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, UK trap artist Trill Tega and Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, known as Zlatan Ibile, will be performing live at the finish line.
The Gold-Label event will also feature notable artists such as Afro Juju Crooner, Sir Shina Peters as a special guest, and Niniola.
The marathon starts at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere.
The marathon event, which attained Gold Label status by World Athletics after just seven editions and is ranked as the 2nd most prestigious marathon in Africa, is expected to attract well over 50,000 runners, including elite athletes from all over the world as well as local athletes.
Hayla Worku to lead elite runners
Ethiopia's Hayla Bazu Worku will be leading the team of foreign world-class runners that will participate in the Marathon.
The Ethiopian is one of the fastest full marathon runners in the world, having run six world-class marathons in less than 2 hours and 9 minutes.
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Tinbit Didey, a former champion of the Marrakesh Marathon, and Esther Macharia, a former winner of the Graz Marathon and winner of the Bregenz Marathon, are among the top-leading world-class foreign runners in the women’s category. She has a personal best of 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 15 seconds, recorded in 2022 at the Grandma's Marathon in the USA.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has released a directive aimed at easing the traffic pain of Lagosian ahead of the race.
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