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River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, will flag off the 6th edition of the
Obudu International Mountain Race coming up this Saturday at the Obudu
Ranch Resort.

William Archibong,
the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, stated that the
governor has accepted to once again flag off this year’s race, which
will witness the staging of the second edition of the African Nations
Mountain Running Championships for both men and women.

“He will be
assisted by Bruno Gozzelino, the President of the World Mountain
Running Association, who has confirmed he will be here for the race,”
he said. Top stars, including the defending men and women champions,
Ethiopia’s Habtamu Fikadu Awash (men) and Mamitu Daskaas (women), as
well as three former champions led by reigning world champion, Andrea
Mayr of Austria, have all arrived for the race.

So much to win

Meanwhile, the
total prize money for this year’s race, according to Archibong, has
been increased by over $35,000 following the introduction of the
women’s version of the African Nations Mountain Running Championships.
The total prize money has gone up from $245,500 to $278,000. The prize
money for the first to the 10th position for this year’s race remains
the same, with the winners in each gender category going home with
$50,000 each, while $20,000 and $9,000 respectively will go to the
second and third placed finishers. The African Championship draws a
prize money of $15,000 for first team position, $10,000 for second and
$7,500 for third team position for both men and women.

The prize monies
for best Nigerian finishers in both gender categories, as well as the
respective winners of the men’s and women’s Media Race are also
unchanged with the top three finishers going home with $2,000, $1,500
and $1,000 respectively. Also unchanged are that for the Children’s
Race, where a total of N590,000 will be shared among the top 10
finishers with the top three in the boys and girls categories carting
home N100,000, N80,000 and N50,000 respectively.