All eyes on Amusan, Brume as XXII Commonwealth Games begin

By Daily Sports Nigeria on July 28, 2022

• Team Nigeria’s 93 athletes arrive in Birmingham

For the next two weeks, beginning from today, Nigerian sports lovers will be in for some great moments as the country’s athletes vie for honours once again.

It is the XXII Games, which features the best young men and women from the British Commonwealth in friendly wars on the pitch and tracks of Birmingham, England.

Tagged Birmingham 2022, Nigerians are particularly hopeful of a glorious outing following the country’s record-breaking feats at the just-concluded Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships.

At the event in the United States, Nigeria not only won a gold medal and one silver, the country’s golden girl, Oluwatobilola Amusan, blew the field away on her way to creating a world record of 12.12 seconds in the women’s 100 metres hurdles.

Together with Ese Brume, who won silver medal in the women’s long jump in Oregon, Amusan and compatriots, are going to Birmingham sure of making their countrymen and women happy.

Apart from the aforementioned duo, Nigeria’s men and women sprinters, including Favour Ofili, Favour Ashe, Godson Brume, Rosemary Chukwuma, Grace Nwokocha, Alaba Akintola, Udodi Onwuzurike, Samson Nathaniel and Ezekiel Nathaniel, as well as the men and women’s relay teams are favoured to excel in England.

 

Source The Guardian Nigeria

Posted July 28, 2022


 

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