{"id":309672,"date":"2024-02-10T22:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=309672"},"modified":"2024-02-10T22:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T21:18:22","slug":"why-5000-runners-were-disqualified-from-lagos-city-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/02\/10\/why-5000-runners-were-disqualified-from-lagos-city-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 5,000 runners were disqualified from Lagos City Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Mr Alli also pointed out that the 42-kilometre Gold Label race had witnessed significant improvement from when it started nine years ago<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yusuf Alli, the technical director of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, revealed that over 5,000 runners were disqualified for not collecting their kits on time.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Saturday in Lagos, he emphasized the significance of timely online registration and kit pickup to maintain the accuracy of runner records and adhere to World Road Race standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were fewer runners in this year\u2019s edition because many runners came late for the collection of their kits and we have to turn down about 5,000 that came on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople waited till the last minute and if we kept giving out kits until the last minute, we wouldn\u2019t have an accurate number of runners \u2013 which is our start sheet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should abide by the deadline given; it\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want them, but we want to keep to the rules of the game which is good for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the numbers will increase because there was a time we had over 120,000 runners in the marathon but when COVID-19 came, it disrupted the figures, but we are picking up gradually,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Alli also pointed out that the 42-kilometre Gold Label race had witnessed significant improvement from when it started nine years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started the marathon, the time difference between the elite runners and Nigerians was 24 minutes, but today, it\u2019s just 10 minutes, which means we are picking up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world record in 1990 was 2:07 and the Nigerian record stood at 2:15 years after. For some years, we went to sleep and didn\u2019t do anything, this affected us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have been busy, we would have improved more, but with what I have seen today, by the next two years, Nigeria will be in the world\u2019s top athletes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Alli, a gold medalist at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, said that the marathon would look at ways to develop more Nigerian long-distance runners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy next year, we will concentrate on Nigerian runners; there was more focus on the elite runners this year because it\u2019s a year for the Olympics and many of the runners want to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy next year, we will narrow the elite runners to fewer numbers, and get them paid well; the money paid for 88 elite runners will be pruned to 20 elites, and then we will have room to increase bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bonuses will be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 which is a great incentive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this year, the weather is not friendly so we are looking at a way of altering the date for the marathon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Alli, who is the Chairman of Nigerian Road Race, also spoke about the vision of his committee to improve the road races in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we will do to improve the quality of the road race is to streamline the numbers to have a clear-cut road race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 2016 till now, we now have about 70 or more races in Nigeria, but half of the road races are not measured which gives room for discrepancies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will henceforth certify the road races and measure them with accurate marathon devices to check malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also intend on having an exchange programme with the Kenyans to train Nigerian runners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is cheaper to bring them to Nigeria than taking the athletes to Kenya; we will exchange notes to see where we can fit in with their programme,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Alli also pointed out that the 42-kilometre Gold Label race had witnessed significant improvement from when it started nine years ago Yusuf Alli, the technical director of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, revealed that over 5,000 runners were disqualified for not collecting their kits on time. 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