The 10km family fun run Lagos Access marathon which normally attracts over 75,000 runner have been cancelled.
The organizer confirmed this ahead of the Silver label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
Despite the surge in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the marathon race will go ahead this year with all COVID-19 protocols to be adequately observed by participants.
The marathon will also serve as a qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games and has been scheduled to hold February13 in Lagos .
This year’s marathon will have a reduced attendance from over 100,000 to 300 elite athletes due to COVID-19.
The race will start by 6:30am at Western Avenue, in front of the National Stadium Surulere, opposite Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The finish will be in front of Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island.
According to a statement on lagoscitymarathon.com, the 10km family fun run which normally attracts over 75,000 runner have been cancelled .
This year will see total of about 30 international elite runners , 40 local elite runner and about 200 educated and enlightened fun runners and those that are coming from different parts of the world for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Qualifiers.
The statement further added that the Lagos Sports Commission will work with the Office of Lagos State Governor and security agencies to ensure that there is a curfew between 5 am and 10 am on race day.
The race will be broadcast live on all television and multi-media channels to ensure people are not on the street to cheer runners, the organizers of the London Marathon adopted a similar approach.
All runners must as a matter of COMPULSION wear a face mask into the start area.
There shall be multiple waves at the start to ensure proper spacing of the runners.
Mist disinfectant sprayers will be mounted at the call area which all runners must pass through after being temperature checked.
Hygiene stations will be set up at the start and the finish areas.
Runners shall be expected to have their face mask on at the start point and must run with it for the next 600m to 800m.
Below is the prize money
| 42km ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON 2021
PRIZE MONEY FOR MEN AND WOMEN |
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| 1st Position | $30,000 | |
| 2nd Position | $20,000 | |
| 3rd Position | $15,000 | |
| 4th Position | $10,000 | |
| 5th Position | $5,000 | |
| 6th Position | $3,000 | |
| 7th Position | $2,000 | |
| 8th Position | $1,000 | |
| 42km ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON 2021
PRIZES FOR NIGERIAN MEN AND WOMEN |
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| 1st Nigerian | ₦ 1,000,000 | |
| 2nd Nigerian | ₦ 750,000 | |
| 3rd Nigerian | ₦ 500,000 | |
| 4th Nigerian | ₦ 300,000 | |
| 5th Nigerian | ₦ 250,000 | |
| 6th Nigerian | ₦ 200,000 | |
| 7th Nigerian | ₦ 100,000 | |
| 8th Nigerian | ₦ 50,000 | |