Athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia swept the top prizes at the 2026 Enugu City International Marathon (an annual long-distance race held in Enugu, a state capital in southeastern Nigeria) on Saturday, claiming all podium positions in both the men's and women's 42-kilometre categories. Kenya's Edwin Kipyogo won the men's race in two hours, 23 minutes and 38 seconds, edging out two Ethiopian runners by mere seconds, while Ethiopia's Zennebe Aberu took the women's title in two hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds — with top finishers in each category receiving prize money of up to $15,000. Nigerian athletes had cause to celebrate in the shorter 10-kilometre categories, however, with runners from Plateau State sweeping the men's podium and five Nigerian women claiming all top spots in the women's race, as Enugu's state government used the occasion to signal its ambitions to grow the event into a major destination for international sport and tourism.