Okpekpe Road Race

Okpekpe road race is an annual event in Edo State, Nigeria. It is a 10 Kilometre road race over hills and tarred roads, starting from Apana Road and ending in Okpekpe town. The 2018 edition of the race featured participants from Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Morocco, Israel, Bahrain, Morocco  and Nigeria.^[1] Kenyan Kibet Alex won the men’s category of the 2018 edition of the race with a finishing time of 29 minutes 46 seconds. Simon Chepat was second with a finishing of 30 minutes 29 seconds and Ronoh Timothy placed third with a finishing time of 30 minutes 39 seconds. Yani Dera Dida won the female category.^[2][3]

Okpekpe Road Race
Date	May
Location	Okpekpe, Nigeria
Event type	Road
Distance	10K run
Established	2013
Course records	Men's: 28:28 (2023) Daniel Ebenyo Women's: 32:38 (2023) Caroline Kipkirui
Official site	Okpekpe Road Race
Participants	428 (2019)

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) silver labelled the Okpekpe international 10km road race.^[4]

Past winners

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time	Women's winner	Time
1st	2013	Moses Masai (KEN)	29:39	Georgina Rono (KEN)	33:01
2nd	2014	Teshome Mekonen (ETH)	28:35	Wude Ayalew (ETH)	32:41
3rd	2015	Alex Korio (KEN)	29:20	Angela Tanui (KEN)	33:34
4th	2016	Simon Cheprot (KEN)	29:48	Polline Wanjiku (KEN)	33:30
5th	2017	Leule Gebrselassie (ETH)	29:28	Azmera Gebru (ETH)	33:59
6th	2018	Alex Kibet (KEN)	29:46	Dera Dida (ETH)	33:00
7th	2019	Dawit Fikadu (BHR)	29:03	Sheila Chelangat (KEN)	33:13
—	2020	Did not held
—	2021
8th	2022	Yasin Haji (ETH)	29:05	Anchinalu Dessie (ETH)	33:09
9th	2023	Daniel Ebenyo (KEN)	28:28	Caroline Kipkirui (KAZ)	32:38
10th	2024	Edward Zakayo (KEN)	29:31	Gladys Kwamboka (KEN)	33:05