UPDATE: Lagos City Marathon winner gets additional $20,000 for breaking four-year record

UPDATE: Lagos City Marathon winner gets extra $20,000 for breaking four-year record

Winner of the 2020 Lagos City Marathon, David Barmasai Tumo, has broken the marathon’s four-year record in 42km race to win the first prize of $50,000.He finishing the race in two hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds, a time lesser than what previous winners had recorded.2018: Abraham Kiprotich Kenyan-French 2:13:04secs; and in 2019, Sintayehu Legese of Ethiopia breast the finishing tape in 2:17:28secs.

However, organisers said Tumo would get an additional $20,000 for breaking the Lagos Marathon race 42km record, bringing his total earnings to $70,000.

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