AMONG dignitaries coming for the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon scheduled for February 6 is the president of the International Amateur Athletics Federations (IAAF), Sebastine Coe, officials have revealed.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba, also revealed yesterday from Dubai, where he is attending the Dubai City Marathon, that the Lagos Marathon is generating big interest across the world.

“I can confirm to you that the IAAF President, Sebastian Coe has given us his words that he will be in Lagos for the maiden Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. I am also equally pleased to see the kind of interest that the Lagos marathon is generating around the world,” Ogba declared

Apart from the IAAF President, the world record holder in women’s marathon, Paula Radcliffe, has also hinted that she will be more than willing to be part of the 2017 edition of the Lagos City Marathon.

Radcliffe told members of the Organising Committee of the Lagos Marathon, who are currently attending the Dubai Marathon to gain more ideas in organising the Lagos race, that she would be looking forward to being part of the 2017 edition, which is guaranteed to be bigger.