East African runners from Kenya and Ethiopia have once more dominated the annual Entry {Bank} Lagos Metropolis Marathon.
The 2025 version of the occasion, a 42km race, commenced at Western Avenue, in entrance of the Nationwide Stadium Surulere, and completed in entrance of Eko Atlantic Metropolis, Victoria Island on Saturday.
It noticed Kenya’s Edwin Kibet emerge because the winner within the males’s class, clocking a time of two:14:06 to take residence the $50,000 prize cash.
Kibet’s victory marks his second win within the competitors, having beforehand emerged victorious within the 2023 version. Final yr, he got here third behind his compatriot Bernard Sang, who received with a time of 02:16:49, and one other Kenyan, Cheprot, who got here second.
Within the ladies’s class, Ethiopia’s Guta Meseret Hirpa emerged victorious, clocking a time of two:37:04 to say her first win within the competitors.