New Vision (Kampala)

Uganda: Locals Dominate MTN's Marathon

By Norman Katende, 23 November 2008

Kampala — UGANDAN runners dominated the fifth edition of the MTN Kampala marathon, taking home five of the six titles that were up for grabs yesterday.

Kenyans won the men's event in the last three years, and also took last year's women's title.

The annual event attracted over 10,800 runners, some of them chief executive officers and their employees as well as elite athletes from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Nigeria.

Proceeds from the marathon will go to charity.

UPDF runner Francis Musani beat off strong runners to win the main men's 42.1km race.

Tagged: Athletics, East Africa, Sport, Sport, Uganda

Copyright © 2008 New Vision. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Comments Post a comment