The 42km Jos International Marathon tagged “Running for Peace”, took place on Sunday, and was won by Philibus Sharubutu in the male category and Deborah Pam in the female category.
Sharubutu came first within 2 hours, 28 minutes and 8 seconds, while Deborah won in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 16 seconds.
Both athletes were presented with a cheque of N5 million each.
Philibus thanked God for his victory and appealed to government at all levels to always support athletes to enable them bring more laurels to the State and the nation.
The Marathon which was organized by Flawless Vision in collaboration with the Plateau State Government attracted over a thousand athletes from many States.
The race started from the new Jos stadium along Goodluck Jonathan way, in Jos North LGA, taking them through some routes in Jos South LGA, before rounding up at the Stadium.
Philibus who won the race on the male category took the lead about 10km to the end of the race.
Speaking to journalists after the race, Secretary General of Athletic Federation of Nigeria, (AFN) Bamiduro Olumide, said
I’m quite impressed with what I have seen here today. Marathon for the past 7 years have not been held in Plateau and now that its back, I believe it has come to stay.
“Plateau State is the catchment area for long distance runners, because of the high altitude here, so we should leverage on what we have to achieve success.
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