The second Nigerian female to cross the finish line at the just concluded 5th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Fadekemi Olude has taken her quest to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
ln an interview, the Ogun-born athlete and national champion in race-walking said she was seriously working toward making the standard for the Olympics.
“I am going for another new record this year, and I am working toward making the standard for race-walking in the Olympics,” she said.
on her performance at the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon; “For me, the race was great; I was so happy not for anything, but for the new time that I ran,” she said.
Olude, who clinched the second position in the Nigerian category, finished with a time of 2: 49: 33 secs.
Reacting to when she would surpass Deborah Pam in the marathon, Olude said she was working toward it.
Pam was the first Nigerian female to cross the finish line with a time of 2:45:17 secs, Olude placed second while Hudung Gyang returned the third position.
In the Nigerian male category, Emmanuel Gyang came first with a time of 2:25:30 secs, Adamu Shehu Muazu placed second with a time of 2:27:17 secs, while Iliya Pam was third with a time of 2: 28: 34 secs.
