More than 3400 people cross the Maputo-Katembe bridge during the FNB Maputo 10K- Corrida das Acacias

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More than 3400 people cross the Maputo-Katembe bridge during the FNB Maputo 10K- Corrida das Acacias

4:26 CAT | 24 Nov 2022

Photo courtesy: FNB

The 4th edition of the FNB MAPUTO 10K – Corrida das Acácias event took place on November 19, 2022, with more than 3400 participants crossing the Maputo-Katembe bridge, in a total journey of 10km. The race started at the Katembe Municipal Building at 06h30 with the finish line at Praça da Independência, in Maputo.

The event became even more special at the finish line, where our Olympic champion, Maria de Lurdes Mutola, received and congratulated most of the participants personally.

“We are thrilled and grateful for the influx of the runner community,” said Peter Blenkinsop, CEO of FNB Mozambique. “Crossing the Maputo–Katembe bridge running or walking was a pleasure and a very special experience for all of us. We would like to thank each of the participants, sponsors and partners for their valuable support, without which the event would not have been possible. Together we managed to underline the splendor of the City of Acácias”.

The big male winner of the race, with a time of 31 minutes and 24 seconds, Alex Macuacua says: “I participated in the FNB MAPUTO 10K because I like to run, my objective was to win but I was worried about the competition, because I didn’t know how good the other runners would be. The race was good and I am very happy to have been part of it, I would really like to participate next year”.

Zeferina Marinho, the female winner with a time of 37 minutes and 38 seconds, comments: “I had already been preparing for the race for three or four months, I did part of the course beforehand to see if there would be any difficulties. My objective was to win but I knew it wouldn’t be easy because I know we have good runners, but my coach has been putting a lot of pressure on me. The FNB MAPUTO 10K is a fantastic race. I definitely want to come back next year to improve my time.”

The 2022 edition of this race saw the delivery of medals to more than 3400 participants, in addition to more than 660,000MZN (six hundred and sixty thousand meticais) in monetary prizes divided into the categories of Federated, Popular, Veterans and Physical Disability, in men and women. It should be noted that an amount of 200,000MT was also allocated to Mozambique runners who managed to beat the national record.