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Ethiopia’s Meseret Dinke Wins Female Category Of 2021 Lagos City Marathon [Video]

Meseret Dinke of Ethiopia has emerged champion of the 2021 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon in the female category.

During the 6th edition of the marathon race on Saturday morning , Dinke was the first woman to cross the finish line at a record-breaking 2 hours 32 minutes and 16 seconds.

She claim the grand prize of $30,000, followed by Kenya’s Celestine Chepchirchir and Ethiopia’s Desta Muluneh, who finished second and third respectively and will go home with $20,000 and $15,000, respectively.

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Watch the video below:

KanyiDaily had earlier reported that Kenyan runner, Emmanuel Naibei won the male category of 2021 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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