{"id":40424,"date":"2021-11-08T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=40424"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:32:00","slug":"habie-failuna-simbu-shine-at-nbc-dodoma-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/habie-failuna-simbu-shine-at-nbc-dodoma-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Habie, Failuna, Simbu shine at NBC Dodoma Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>OVER 200m\/- has been fetched in the NBC Marathon, a charity event held in Dodoma on Sunday to support the fight against cervical cancer in women. The global level event drew elite runners in both 42km Marathon and 21km Half Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>The race graced by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Sports, Innocent Bashungwa saw Tanzanian athlete Tumaini Habie beating the rest of the pack to win the 42km race. The winner clocked 02 hours, 17 minutes and 15 seconds ahead of Eyanae Paul from Kenya who clocked 02:18:31.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzanian, Abraham Too finished third after spending 02:19:04. In the women&#8217;s 42km race, Kenyan Cheruto Isgah won the race after clocking 02:45:03 followed by Tanzanians Jackline Sakilu and Sara Ramadhan, who clocked 02:45:46 and 02:46:13 at second and third places respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Elite runner Alphonce Simbu won the 21km Half Marathon after clocking 01:03:46, followed by Joseph Panga who spent 01:04:18 and Daniel Giniki, who registered 01:05:37. The winner of the women&#8217;s 21km half marathon was Failuna Abdi who clocked 01:14:50, followed by Kenyans, Lelei Jepkemboi and Tanui Eliuter, who clocked 01:15:18 and 01:17:21 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The 42km race champions in both men and women categories pocketed 5.5m\/- apiece, whilst 21km race winners in both categories received 3.5m\/- apiece.<\/p>\n<p>In 10km, male and female champions were awarded 1.5m\/- apiece, the 5km event&#8217;s winners walked away with 1m\/-. Minister Bashungwa commended NBC Bank for backing the race\u2019s success shortly after handing over the donation check worth 200m\/- to the Executive Director of Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Julius Mwaiselage, and cash prizes to the winners.<\/p>\n<p>Bashungwa said: &#8220;This is the second season since the marathon\u2019s launch, the government has been at the forefront of supporting them due to its central role in helping mothers to fight cervical cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful to see the initiative achieve success and now we are going to save the lives of thousands of mothers through supports from sports,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>NBC Bank Managing Director, Theobald Sabi thanked the participants and sponsors for achieving the main goal of the race and that is contribution to health care at Ocean Road Hospital for treatment of cervical cancer. He said through the race, they raised 100m\/- last year to address the challenge and this year the aim was to collect 200m\/- earned through athletes&#8217; registration as well as various donations from sponsors of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC Bank boss noted: &#8220;That is why despite all this we use this opportunity to congratulate all of us including the organizers, participants and our sponsors for achieving this important goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although we have winners of the race, every contestant is still a winner because he\/she has managed to save the lives of our mothers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ORCI Executive Director, Mwaiselage, thanked the bank for the efforts, noting that the aid was going to support the fight in various areas, especially in the regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. OVER 200m\/- has been fetched in the NBC Marathon, a charity event held in Dodoma on Sunday to support the fight against cervical cancer in women. The global level event drew elite runners in both 42km Marathon and 21km Half Marathon. 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