Nigeria grabs gold in relay, discus

By Daily Sports Nigeria on June 11, 2022

• Men’s 4x100m Team Fails
• Brume Absent In Mauritius

Team Nigeria increased its gold medals to three yesterday at the 22nd African Athletics Championship in Mauritius, with the women’s 4x100m relay team overcoming stiff opposition from South Africa and The Gambia in the final.

Nigeria had secured her first gold medal on Thursday through Oluwatobi Amusan in the 100m hurdles, and expectations were high yesterday when the women’s 4x100m relay team filed out in the final.

They did not disappoint. Despite stiff challenge from the South Africans and The Gambians, the Nigerian women controlled the race from the beginning till the end, securing the gold medal in 44.45seconds. South Africa was second in 44.87seconds, while The Gambia finished third in 44.97seconds.

Team Nigeria officials were expecting the men’s 4x100m relay team to take inspiration from their female counterpart. But the men got it wrong, finishing in a disappointing fourth position with a time of 39.98 seconds. Kenya picked the gold in 39.28 seconds, while South Africa and Zimbabwe got the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Nigeria’s second gold medal yesterday came from Chioma Onyekwere, who successfully defended her Discus title.

Patience Okon-George also flopped in the Women’s 400m yesterday, finishing in a disappointing fifth position.

Meanwhile, defending champion in the women’s long jump, Nigeria’s Ese Brume, could not make it to Mauritius for the championship.

Brume, who was on the list of athletes released by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for the championship in Mauritius, told The Guardian in a telephone chat yesterday that she could not travel from her base in the United States because her passport was held up at the U.S. embassy.

Brume had applied for Schengen visa alongside her coach, Kayode Yahaya, at the U.S. embassy, but the process was delayed.

“We just got our passport back yesterday, and it was too late for us to embark on the trip to Mauritius. My focus now is on the World Championship in Oregon and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Brume stated.

Source The Guardian Nigeria

Posted June 11, 2022


 

You may also like...
NNL Super Four: Adamawa United, Jigawa Golden Stars,...

Veteran coach Tobias Igwe a.k.a Toblow begs Abia...

Nigeria To Host Last Chance For Olympics Hopefuls...

First start, first goal!

Super Eagles, Falcons November 17 Date with History!...

Everton To Hands Iwobi Bumper Contract

 

Latest News Abraham set to join Besiktas from Roma 'Not impossible' Mbeumo will stay, say Brentford 'Turkish Messi' ready to replace Modric at Real Madrid Guardiola praises City’s performance despite Club World Cup exit Fluminense beat Inter Milan to reach Club World Cup quarter-finals Alcaraz avoids Fognini shock after fan taken ill Anambra School Sports Festival Ends In Emotional Grand Style As Njikoka Emerge Champions Club W’Cup: Chelsea face travel woes after group stage upset Lyon included in Ligue 1 fixtures despite demotion Adesanya eyes Strickland fight for UFC return Wilder ends losing streak, but questions linger Brentford reject Man Utd's new £62.5m Mbeumo bid

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,553 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,714 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,730 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,324 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,323 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,314 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (44,118 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,659 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,769 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,381 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,825 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,250 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media