ADVERTISEMENT
  • Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

New Winners To Emerge At 10th Okpekpe Road Race Today

by Leadership News
1 year ago
in Sport
Okpekpe
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

New winners are expected to emerge in the international elite race when the 10th edition of the Okpekpe international 10km road race holds on Saturday(Today ),in Okpekpe, Edo state, south south Nigeria following the absence of defending champions, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo of Kenya and Kazakhstan’s Caoline Chepkoech Kipkiriu.

Advertisement

Ebenyo set a new 28:28 course record in his debut in the race last year but will not be available this time around because of the Kenyan trials for the 10,000m event same day in far away Eugene, USA at the Prefontain Diamond League meeting.

In Ebenyo’s absence, country man, Edward Zakayo Pingua will lead the charge to not only win the title but also attempt to break the course record set last year.

Pingua has broken 28 minutes this year and is in fact one of just 50 men worldwide to have done that and a repeat performance of the 27:49 he ran in January in Ibiza, Spain will make him the first man in Okpekpe race history to run a sub-28 minutes in the event.

 

Related News

Ronaldinho, Saviola, Giuly, Other Barça Legends For Abuja Champions Cup

3 hours ago

Record N20m Prize Up For Grabs As 2025 CGC Volleyball Premier League Kicks Off In Abuja

4 hours ago

He will be challenged by Haftamu Gebreselassie of Ethiopia who has also broken 29 minutes in the event (27.48).

 

Meanwhile,  top winners at the Okpekpe Race, men and women, can make a total of $22,000 each if they break the official course and African (World) records (subject to ratification under World Athletics rules).

 

This will be made up of the prize money of $15,000 and $2,000 for breaking the course record and $5,000 for breaking the African/World record.

 

Okpekpe road race, run over hills and tarred roads, starting from Apana Road and ending in Okpekpe town is the first road race in Nigeria to have its course measured by a World Athletics certified course measurer and the first to be granted a label status (bronze in 2015) by World Athletics.

 

This means Okpekpe road race is the first internationally recognized road running event in West Africa. It was upgraded to a silver level label staus in 2018 before it moved to gold in 2023.

 

It is thus the first gold label 10km race ever run on Nigerian soil.

 

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

Tags: Okpekpe Race
SendShare10180Tweet6363Share

Other News Updates

Sport

Ronaldinho, Saviola, Giuly, Other Barça Legends For Abuja Champions Cup

2025/09/20
Sport

Record N20m Prize Up For Grabs As 2025 CGC Volleyball Premier League Kicks Off In Abuja

2025/09/20
Sport

Boxing: Joshua Set To Fight In Nigeria In 2026

2025/09/20
Athletics

World Athletics Championships: Ezekiel Nathaniel Sets New Nigerian 400mH Record

2025/09/20
Athletics

World Athletics Championships: Amusan Dedicates Silver Medal To Fans

2025/09/20
Sport

D’Tigers Drops In Latest FIBA World Ranking

2025/09/20
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

‘Democracy Will Die, Buried Without Reform’, Obasanjo Warns

Burundi Welcomes Alliance Of Sahel States’ Decision To Withdraw From Rome Statute

Yoruba Council, Others Hail Dangote Refinery, Warn Oil Unions Against Misinformation

Judicial Workers Begin Strike In Osun

Fleeing Villagers Drown As Boat Capsizes In Sokoto

FCTA Denies Outbreak Of Ebola In Abuja

Troops Neutralise Suspected Kidnapper, Arrest 1 Other In Delta

Trump Signs Executive Order To Create ‘Gold Card’ Visa For Skilled Foreigners At $1m

NiDCOM Hails Kelechi Ndukwe On Promotion By US Navy

Katsina Anti-graft Agency Probes ‘₦188.6m Fraud’ In Fertilizer, School Funds

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.