Legese, Meseret Win 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

Ethiopian long distance runners have dominated the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City marathon as
Sintayehu Legese and Dinke Meseret won the forty- two kilometer road race in the male and female categories.

The race, which was flagged off this morning by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the National Stadium, attracted over twenty thousand runners across the globe with the view of wining the star prize money and also to earn marathon points.

Speaking through an interpreter, Legese, who did not feature in last year's edition due to sickness, said adequate training and running at his pace were the two major factors responsible for his victory as he returned with a time of two hours, eleven second and twenty- eight seconds.

The long distance runner, who came fifth at twenty- sixteen edition, said it was unfortunate that the race's defending champion, Kiprotich Abraham, did not feature in the race, stressing that he had very hard to dethrone Abraham who won 2018 race with a time of  two hours, fifteen seconds and four seconds.

Legese, won the star prize money of fifty thousand dollars while Dinke Meseret also got fifty thousand dollars.