The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2022 Okpekpe International 10km Road Race an elite label ahead of its upcoming eighth edition scheduled to take place May 28, 2022, in Okpekpe Under the new arrangement, road races are classified as World Athletics Label, World Athletics Elite Label, and World Athletics Elite Platinum Label. The new categorisation also impacts the ranking points available to international elite athletes, Olympics, and World Championships qualification slots offered by the highest-categorised competitions. Okpekpe, the first road race in West Africa to be granted a Wo…