Kenya, Egypt confirm for Obudu

Kenya, Uganda and Egypt have confirmed their participation in the third African Nations Mountain Running Championships for both men and women scheduled to hold at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State on November 28.Kenya, the world acclaimed champions of middle, long distance as well as road races will be making their third consecutive appearance at the championship which made its debut in 2009.Interestingly, Kenya, for all their prowess in long distance running including the marathon have not won the African title since the championship was introduced two years ago as part of the Obudu International Mountain Race.Also making consecutive appearances are Uganda who supplanted Ethiopia as African champions last year at the championships as well as Egypt whose men had failed to make any team impact at the event, coming last in the first two editions in 2009 and 2010.Secretary General of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, Mrs Maria Worphil, had confirmed that more African nations could join the competition before the end of the week.She said, "The AFN is delighted with the response shown by African nations for this championship. Last year we had six nations in the mens event and five in the womens including the host nation, Nigeria. We are convinced we will have more African nations at this edition."The African championship draws prize money of $15,000 for first team position, $10,000 for second and $7,500 for the third team.
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