Husband, wife emerge as first Nigerian male and female finishers at Lagos City Marathon

Nigerian long distance athlete, Emmanuel Gyang and his wife, Deborah Pam today, emerged as the first Nigerians to complete the 42km race at the 2020 Lagos City Marathon. Gyang, who was the fist male Nigerian, finished 33rd overall with a time of 2:25.30secs while his while his wife, Pam was the first female Nigerian to get to finish in her category, finishing 14th overall with a time of 2:45.17secs.

Popularly referred to as Nigeria’s No.1 long-distance couple, Gyan and Pam who got married in May 2019, had exactly three weeks after their wedding, also emerged the first Nigerian finishers in their respective categories at the seventh edition of the Okpekpe 10km International Road Race.

Gyan, an athlete from Plateau State, also emerged as the first Nigerian at the 2019 Abeokuta Road Race, clocking 31.03secs behind Kenya’s Biwott Alan Kemboi who finished first in 28.76secs.