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Okpekpe Road Race
DateMay
Location Okpekpe, Nigeria
Event typeRoad
Distance 10K run
Established2013
Course recordsMen's: 28:35 (2014)
Ethiopia Teshome Mekonen
Women's: 32:41 (2014)
Ethiopia Wude Ayalew
Official site Okpekpe Road Race
Participants428 (2019)

Okpekpe road race is an annual event in Edo State, Nigeria. It is a 10 Kilometre road race over hills and tarred roads, starting from Apana Road and ending in Okpekpe town. The 2018 edition of the race featured participants from Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Morocco, Israel, Bahrain, Morocco  and Nigeria. [1] Kenyan Kibet Alex won the men’s category of the 2018 edition of the race with a finishing time of 29 minutes 46 seconds. Simon Chepat was second with a finishing of 30 minutes 29 seconds and Ronoh Timothy placed third with a finishing time of 30 minutes 39 seconds. Yani Dera Dida won the female category. [2] [3]

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) silver labelled the Okpekpe international 10km road race. [4]

Past winners

Edition Year Men's winner Time Women's winner Time
1st 2013   Moses Masai ( KEN) 29:39   Georgina Rono ( KEN) 33:01
2nd 2014   Teshome Mekonen ( ETH) 28:35   Wude Ayalew ( ETH) 32:41
3rd 2015   Alex Korio ( KEN) 29:20   Angela Tanui ( KEN) 33:34
4th 2016   Simon Cheprot ( KEN) 29:48   Polline Wanjiku ( KEN) 33:30
5th 2017   Leule Gebrselassie ( ETH) 29:28   Azmera Gebru ( ETH) 33:59
6th 2018   Alex Kibet ( KEN) 29:46   Dera Dida ( ETH) 33:00
7th 2019   Dawit Fikadu ( BHR) 29:03   Sheila Chelangat ( KEN) 33:13

References

  1. ^ "Okpekpe road race: Top class athletes vie for honours - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  2. ^ "Kenyan Alex wins 2018 Okpekpe road race - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. ^ "Kenyans Dominate 2018 Okpekpe Road Race - THISDAYLIVE". THISDAYLIVE. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  4. ^ "Cheprot, Wanjiku Eye Okpekpe Road Race History - Complete Sports Nigeria". Complete Sports Nigeria. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-07-06.

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