14-yr-old first-time runner clench 10km Owan Marathon race

Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Olumide has emerged champion of the female race of the fourth edition of the annual 10km Owan marathon race with a time of one hour and 24 minutes.

She beat Ruth Abu and Precious Orogun, also 14-year-olds from Edo and Delta states, respectively, who returned with times of one hour and 27 minutes and one hour and 37 minutes to clinch the second and third positions,…