A Kenyan athlete, David Barmasai Tumo, has emerged as the winner of the 2020 42km Men’s Lagos marathon which started on February, 8, 2020

The race, which is yearly sponsored by Access Bank, started in front of the National Stadium, Surulere, and ended at the Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, while the 10km race started from Ikoyi link bridge at 10am. Barmasai completed the 42km race under two hours 30 minutes.

The Third Mainland Bridge, Osborne road, Parkview and Lekki/Ikoyi link bridge were among roads that were closed for the annual activity.

It would be recalled that last year, Sintayehu Legese of Ethiopia won the marathon with a time of 2:17:28.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Osaro Eghobamien, participated in the race. As well as former Super-Eagles midfielder, Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha,

Barmasai will be rewarded with the race’s grand prize of $50,000.

The first woman to ever cross the finish line was another Kenyan, Sharon Jemutai Cherop.

Both male and female 42km runners competed for the grand prize of $50,000 while the second and third place winners $40,000 and $30,000 respectively.

For the 10km race, the first male and female runners will drive home in brand new Kia Rio cars while the second and third place winners get N1,000,000 and N750,000 respectively.