Over 30,000 runners have signed up to run in the 2025 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon billed for Saturday February 15.
This is just as the world elite athletes arrived in Lagos on Thursday to vie for the $50,000 top prize in the marathon organisers are hoping for a record breaking run to mark the 10th anniversary of the run.
“All is now set, and we are expecting a good outing on Saturday,” said the Yusuf Alli who is general manager of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
“I can confirm to you we have 30, 000 returned forms and most of the entries are in the 10km category of the race where you have Nigerian fun runners.”
He added that the organisers will strive to ensure the race is organised in line with the World Athletics standards as the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon continue to aim for Platinum Label category.
“Right now, we have good numbers of elite runners participating this year. We have seven gold medal runners in male category, two in Platinum, five gold label for female and one in Platinum.
“The World Athletics (WA) have changed the ranking modalities, and the runners must be among the top 300.
“We have ticked all the boxes needed for qualification for the Platinum label. We are changing the status quo this year. Achieving the Platinum label category will be the first of such in Africa among other countries staging marathons. For this 10th anniversary, we have the elite athletes that can give us the Platinum Medal and also have our cross record which is 2hours:10minutes.
“The timing by the athletes is right for us, which will put us in good standing for the Platinum label” Alli said.
He said all the thorny issues associated with the race last year has been addressed.
