Lagos — The race for the fattest chunk of the $10,00O prize money reserved for the first Nigerian to breast the tape at the National Stadium on December 2nd in the MTN Lagos International Half Marathon will be a straight fight between the trio of Umaru Mohammed, Wilson Eku and Danjuma Kopkuddi, winners in the Nigerian category of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 editions of the MTN Lagos International Half Marathon respectively. According to Coach Kolo Mohammed, under whose stable the three athletes are preparing for the competition.
Coach Mohammed, disclosed that his wards were among the first of the over 39,000 athletes, local and international, who have registered for the race and have since been training hard to make maximum impact this year.
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