Vera Yohanna wins 2022 Lagos Women Run

Plateau State teenager runner, Maisaje Vera-Yohanna has emerged the winner of the 2022 edition of the Lagos Women Run.

She finished the 10km race which started at Onikan Roundabout and ended at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.

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She finished the race in a time of 29.38.72 to emerge the winner of the seventh edition of the Lagos Women Run which took place yesterday.

Lagos State’s Haruna Hauwawu came a close second as she also broke the half-hour mark with a finish time of 29.27.59 while Delta State’s Charity Agofure was third with a time of 30.13.17.

Speaking to journalists after her triumph at the Lagos Women Run, Vera-Yohanna said she is excited to win the prestigious race, having put in so much hard work in the past months.

“I am very happy to win the Lagos Women Run, I have been training hard for this race and I am happy that God gave me the victory,” she said.

Though Yohanna’s winning time falls short of the Course Record of 28: 55 secs set in 2019 by Kenyan’s Cheptoeck Careen, it remains the fastest-ever winning time by a Nigerian at the Lagos Women Run.

For their efforts in the Open Category, Vera-Yohanna, Hauwawu and Agofure got One Million Naira, N500,000 and N300,000 respectively.