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Lagos state government announces traffic diversion for Women marathon on Nov 9

Lagos state government announces traffic diversion for Women marathon on Nov 9

The Lagos State Government announced the closure of 11 key roads on Lagos Island and Victoria Island for the Lagos Women Run, to be held on Saturday,October 9.   In a statement issued on Thursday, November 7, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that in view of the annual Lagos Women Run, the Lagos State Government had implemented …

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Ruth Chepngetich: Kenyan breaks marathon world record in Chicago

Ruth Chepngetich

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich broke the world record to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 30-year-old clocked a time of two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass Ethiopian Tigst Assefa’s previous record by nearly two minutes. Chepngetich is the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes. Assefa set the previous record with …

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