A 14-year-old Elizabeth Olumide on Saturday won the female race of the 4th edition of the annual 10km Owan marathon race with a time of one hour and 24 minutes ahead of Ruth Abu and Precious Orogun.
The race was held at Sabongida-Ora in Owan West local government area and organized by a United States of America (USA) based Christopher Ojo.
Abu and Orogun from Edo and Delta states returned with a time of one hour 27 minutes and one hour 37 minutes to clinch the second and third positions.
Similarly, 16-year-old Delta state-born Embah Godspower emerged as the winner of the male race with a time of 1 hour.
He was followed closely by Paul Osadebame and Aliu Mirror who both ran a time of one hour two seconds and one hour 57 seconds respectively.
The female winner, Olumide who said the race was her first, hopes to secure a scholarship to study nursing abroad.
On his part, the make winner, Godspower said he was not surprised with his victory as he had trained hard for the race.
He said his ambition is to represent his state and Nigeria in both national and international engagements.
Meanwhile, athletic coach, Oluyemi Ayopo has commended the vision of the organiser of the annual Owan Marathon race for giving hope to the hopeless to showcase their talents.
He said that the annual Marathon race has helped produce athletes that had represented Edo state in national events.
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