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Rivers, Edo Set New Walk Race Record
Lawal Oluwaseyi representing Team Rivers Walk race for men set a new record for the event after picking the gold medal in the finals of the race when he finished at 1:45:26 seconds as against the initial record of 1:46:25 set by Oluwole Odunuga of Lagos State in Bauchi 2000.
Hussain Yinusa of Ogun State won the silver medal of the event at a finishing time of 1:47:25seconds while Egosa Akinbor of Bayelsa state came third at 1:50:44 seconds as the bronze medalist.
Also in the female walk race, Idahosa Florence of Edo state also set a new walk record of 1:58:41 to win the gold as against the earlier record of 1:59:38.25 held by Asedu Queen of also Edo state during the Kada 2009 events.
Coming second and third in the female race were Henshaw Queen of Rivers and Joy Davies of Delta state at 2:00:40 and 2:02:45 seconds respectively thereby winning the silver and bronze medals.