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Access Bank Lagos City Marathon
The Lagos Marathon is a silver label marathon held annually in :Lagos, Nigeria. Overview The origins of the event trace back to 1983 when the first ever Lagos international marathon took place. The Lagos International Marathon is organized by the Athletic Federation of Nigeria and was preceded by several recurring half marathons held in the city where athletes like John Cheruiyot Korir, Paul Malakwen Kosgei and Dieudonné Disi emerged as winners. The Marathon course which spans a distance of about 42 km, starts at National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, (where previous half marathons initially finished), continues along the Third Mainland Bridge, to the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge and finishes at Eko Atlantic. 2016 Over 20,000 athletes competed on 6 February 2016 event which was sponsored by Access Bank. The marathon course record was held by a Kenyan national, Abraham Kiptum who completed the race in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 21 seconds. The fastest woman was an Ethiopian nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance according to athletics terminology, with races typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners or wheelchair entrants. The four most common IAAF recognized distances for road running events are 5K runs, 10K runs, half marathons and marathons. Running on the road is an alternative surface to running on a trail, track, or treadmill. For many people looking to participate in running as an activity or sport, there are multiple opportunities that can be found on the road. Road running is one of several forms of road racing, which also includes road bicycle racing and motor vehicle road racing. IAAF The international governing body for road racing is the IAAF. The IAAF aims t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Access Bank Plc
Access Bank plc, commonly known as Access Bank, is a Nigerian Multinational corporation, multinational commercial bank, owned by Access Bank Group. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator. Originally a corporate bank, they expanded into personal and business banking in 2012. Access Bank and Diamond Bank merged on April 1, 2019. In conclusion of its merger with Diamond Bank, Access Bank unveiled its new logo, signalling the commencement of a new enlarged banking entity. The bank employs more than 28,000 people in 2021. After the merger, with more than 42 million of customers, Access Bank plc became the largest bank in Africa by customer base, and the largest bank in Nigeria by asset. Access Bank Group in addition to Nigeria, Access Bank plc has subsidiaries in Mozambique, Zambia, Congo, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and in the United Kingdom. Access Bank Group also maintains representative offices in China, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deresa Geleta
Deresa Geleta Ulfata (born 10 September 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He won the 2024 Seville Marathon in a course record time of 2:03:27, setting his personal best and becoming the 20th fastest marathoner in history. This also qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He has also won the 2023 Beijing Marathon and the 2022 Lagos City Marathon The Lagos Marathon is a silver label marathon held annually in :Lagos, Nigeria. Overview The origins of the event trace back to 1983 when the first ever Lagos international marathon took place. The Lagos International Marathon is organized by .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Geleta, Deresa 1996 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners 21st-century Ethiopian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Naibei
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David. The Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1:22 –23) interprets this as a prophecy of the birth of the Messiah and the fulfillment of Scripture in the person of Jesus. ''Immanuel'' "God ( El) with us" is one of the "symbolic names" used by Isaiah, alongside Shearjashub, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, or Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom. It has no particular meaning in Jewish messianism. By contrast, the name based on its use in Isaiah 7:14 has come to be read as a prophecy of the Christ in Christian theology following Matthew 1:23, where ''Immanuel'' () is translated as (KJV: "God with us"). Isaiah 7–8 Summary The setting is the Syro-Ephraimite War, 735-734 BCE, which saw the Kingdom of Judah pitted against two northern n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meseret Dinke
Meseret (Amharic: መሰረት) is a female or male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: *Meseret Defar (born 1983), Ethiopian long-distance runner and two-time Olympic champion * Meseret Hailu (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner and world half marathon champion *Meseret Mengistu (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner and team medallist at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Nanning, China on 16 October 2010. The competition took place on the city streets, beginning and ending at Wuxiang Square, with a total prize purse of US$245,000 at stake. The Kenyan ... {{given name Amharic-language names Ethiopian given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halima Hassen
Halima or Halimah or Halime and Halimeh ( ar, حليمة ) /halima/, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning forebearing, gentle, mild-mannered and generous. It may refer to: People with the mononym *Halimah IV, also called Alimah, the sovereign Sultana regnant of the Anjouan sultanate at Nzwani in the Comoro Islands from 1788 until 1792 * Halima, mononym of American model Halima Aden People with the given name Halima *Halima (princess), 6th century princess of the Ghassan kingdom *Halima Aden (born 1997), Somali-American model *Halima Ahmed, Somali political activist *Halima Bashir, author from Darfur *Halima Chehaima (born 1988), Belgian beauty queen *Halima ECheikh, later known as Naama (born 1934), Tunisian singer * Halima Ferhat (born 1941), Moroccan historian *Halima Hachlaf (born 1988), Moroccan runner *Halima Nosirova (1913-2003), Uzbek singer * Halima Tayo Alao (born 1956), Nigerian civil servant Halimah *Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, the proph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Kiptum
Abraham Kiptum (born 5 September 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner and former half marathon world record holder. On 28 October 2018 Kiptum ran the Valencia Half Marathon in Valencia, Spain in a time of 58:18, which would have been a world record (world record 58:23), but in 2019 this world record was nullified, because of a doping violation verdict in 2019. The half marathon world record was then improved by Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor on 15 September 2019, to a time of 58:01. Kiptum's debut in the marathon was the Rabat Marathon in 2015, where he placed third with a time of 2:11:36. In the inaugural Abu Dhabi Marathon on 7 December 2018, he finished as the runner-up with 2:04:16, 12 seconds behind the winner Marius Kipserem. He improved his PB from the 2017 Amsterdam Marathon by 70 seconds. On 26 April 2019 The Athletics Integrity Unit confirmed a Provisional Suspension against Kiptum for an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) violation under the IAAF Anti-Doping Rules. Kiptum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of of the night or daytime. Such seasonal, temporal, or unequal hours varied by season and latitude. Equal or equinoctial hours were taken as of the day as measured from noon to noon; the minor seasonal variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it of the mean solar day. Since this unit was not constant due to long term variations in the Earth's rotation, the hour was finally separated from the Earth's rotation and defined in terms of the atomic or physical second. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time defined as 3,600 atomic seconds. However, on rare occasions an hour may incorporate a positive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
