Kenyan elite runners dominated the men’s race winning the first, second and third prizes while the Ethiopian runners were dominant in the female category. Another Kenyan Ronny Kiboss, who was also the first runner-up in 2017, finished second while Ronny came second in time of 2:13.26 while Victor Benjamin completed the Kenyan domination coming in the third position in 2:13.29. Kiprotich has taken over the record time of the Lagos marathon from Kiptum, whose previous record was 2:15.20, set last year. In the indigenous category, Ilya Pam won for the second time after winning in 2017 edition. Philibus Sharabutu, who was the first Nigerian in the 2016 edition, came second while Williams Kefas came third.

Source: Ethiopian News February 11, 2018 01:18 UTC