Kingsley Onyia & Esther Affigbo Win 2022 Enugu Amstel Malta 20 Km Marathon

Recently updated on October 24th, 2022 at 10:04 am

Kingsley Onyia and Esther Affigbo have emerged winners of the 2022 Enugu Amstel Malta 20 Km Marathon held in Enugu state on October 1, 2022.

The marathon was sponsored by the Amstel Malta, organised by the Enugu State Ministry of Youths and Sports in conjunction with Curiosity.

Kingsley Onyia emerged winner in the male category after finishing his race within, 1:09:04 hour while Okechukwu Donatus finished as runners up within 1:12:10 hour and the second runner up, Kelechi Egu, finished within 1:15:18 hour.

Esther Affigbo won the female category within the interval of 1:21:26 hour. Helen Mamman finished as first runner up with 1:23:59 hour, while Patience Joseph finished as second runner up within 1:42:12 hour.

The winners of the race received ₦500,000, the first runners-up received ₦250,000 while the second runners-up received ₦150,000.

A 12 years old tennager, Joseph Chosen finished the race as the 22nd best ahead of some others.

After the race, the winner of male category, Kingsley Onyia thanked Amstel Malta for creating the platform for them to show their talent. He also commended the state government for making the marathon a successful race.

The first runner up of female category, Mamman who is a Police personnel expressed joy for finishing race as runner up and promised to do better next time. She explained that her intention was to represent Nigeria at national and international competition and win laurels, stressing that some security personnel have served the country well with laurels and wish to follow their footsteps.

Amstel Malta representative, Chidi Egwu who is the Senior Trade Marketing Manager, Nigeria Breweries PLC thanked the state for hosting a successful marathon. Mr. Egwu said the marathon was a big success, noting that it may become an annual event as he would report the success of this years event back to NBL.

Some participants ranging from the 4th position to 20 both male and female was rewarded with consolation prices of ₦10,000 each.

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