Ile-Ife will host the first-ever Olojo Festival 5km road race on Thursday (today), drawing the best of Nigeria’s distance running talent as part of a celebration of creation, renewal, and the spiritual authority of Ile-Ife in Yoruba cosmology.
Among the top contenders is Nyango Boyi, Nigeria’s standout distance runner of the year, who made headlines in February at the World Athletics Gold Label Lagos Marathon, finishing eighth overall with a time of 2:25:41, one of the fastest marathon times by a Nigerian in over a decade.
Also competing is Raymond Iliya Gyang, who boasts a lifetime best of 14:47.26 in the 5000m and is tipped as one to watch in the race.
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