The 10th edition of the historic Okpekpe International 10km Road Race will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024, according to World Athletics.

The race, the first road running event in West Africa to get World Athletics recognition is among the 30 gold-level road races listed in World Athletics’ worldwide calendar of global races for 2024.

Overall, World Athletics has confirmed 167 road races for the year and the Okpekpe race is the first gold-level 10km road race that will hold in 2024.

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Zack Amodu, Okpekpe Road Race Director says organisers of the race are happy to have consistently received recognition from World Athletics since it was granted a bronze label status in 2015.

“Since the race made history as the first Nigerian nay West African road running event to

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