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Nigeria wins fourth gold in Zambia

By Daily Sports Nigeria on May 1, 2023

Team Nigeria, on Sunday, added two gold medals to take their medal tally to six at the ongoing 4th African U-18 Championships and the 15th African U20 championships in Ndola, Zambia.

The team now has four gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

In the athletics event, Opeyemi Oke won a gold medal in the women’s U-20 400m final after returning a time of 52.60secs on day two of the event.

Also, Samuel Ogazi won a gold medal in the U-18 men’s final with a time of 46.08secs.

Prior to the two-medal haul on Sunday, jumpers Fejiro Djoma and Grace Oshiokpu won gold medals in their opening event.

In the U-18 women’s triple jump event Djoma leaped to 12.69m to win Nigeria’s first gold, setting a new Championship Record (CR) and smashing Veronica Ugeh’s record of 12.56m in 2013.

Oshiokpu added the second gold medal for Team Nigeria in the U-20 women’s triple jump when she leaped 13.03m to win the final.

Also, Justine Jimoh jumped a height of 2.05m to win silver in the U18 Boys high jump final, where he set a new Championship Record (CR), beating Aobakwe Nkobela’s previous record of 2.04m.

Goodluck Fiaku won the bronze medal with a jump of 2.00m to cap Team Nigeria’s day one outing of the championship on a bright note.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria named 42 youngsters comprising 23 athletes in the U-18 girls and boys and 19 athletes in U-20 men and women to compete for honours at the championships.

Source Punch Ng

Posted May 1, 2023