Seven-year old Damilola Oluwaseyi
who participated in the Lagos Access Bank Marathon on Saturday hopes
to develop into a world acclaimed athlete and equal the feats of Jamaican
superstar Usain Bolt.
Oluwaseyi, a primary four student of
the Federal Housing Estate Primary School Lagos said that she joined the race
after 32km in Lekki.
I'm pleased to have taken part in
this event. I joined the race at Lekki and I finished," Damilola
"And I hope to become a good
runner in future and achieve a lot just like Usain Bolt.
Damilola also revealed that she
began running with her father when she was four on the streets of Lagos.
"My father encouraged me to
join the sport when I was four years, and I have been running short distances
within Lagos."
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