Okpekpe International 10km road race.
The Okpekpe International 10km Road Race, the first road race in West Africa to earn World Athletics Label status, will be broadcast live worldwide on May 30, organisers have announced.
The race, first staged in 2013, has grown into one of Africa’s leading road events and regularly attracts elite athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria.
It begins at Apana Road and finishes in Okpekpe, Edo State, a hilltop community in Nigeria’s Edo North Senatorial District. The course covers 10km of hills and tarred roads.
Kenya’s Daniel Simiu Ebenyo holds the men’s course record of 28 minutes 28 seconds, while Kenya-born Kazakhstani Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui set the women’s mark of 32:38 at the ninth edition in 2023. Both times remain benchmarks for the competition.
