World Athletics has confirmed that the tenth Okpekpe Worldwide 10km Highway Race will happen on Could 25, 2024.
The race, the primary street operating occasion in West Africa to obtain World Athletics recognition, is amongst 30 gold-level street races included within the World Athletics 2024 calendar of worldwide races.
In whole, World Athletics has confirmed 167 street races for the 12 months and the Okpekpe race is the primary gold-level 10km street race to happen in 2024.
Talking on the checklist, Race Director Zack Amodu expressed satisfaction that Okpekpe Highway Race has continued to excel since World Athletics awarded it Bronze Label standing in 2015.
He stated: “This is because of our capacity to play in line with the World Athletics Guidelines and the assist we have now acquired from the city of Okpekpe and its environs, the individuals and authorities of Edo State, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Sports activities Growth. and naturally our sponsors.
“Because of our sponsors, we have now been in a position to flip Edo State particularly and Nigeria generally into one thing of a sports activities vacation spot.
“On Could 25, the eye of all the sporting world will likely be targeted on Nigeria when the race is held. It’s the solely gold-level street race to be held in all the world that day, which means there will likely be no divided consideration.”
