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World Champs: Chukwuma gets tough field in 100m heats

By Daily Sports Nigeria on September 12, 2025

Nigeria’s sole entrant in the women’s 100m event at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Rosemary Chukwuma, has been handed a tough route to a potential podium finish, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The World Championships will be held in Tokyo from September 13 to 21.

Ahead of the championships, the startlists of the disciplines are being updated with Chukwuma placed in heat 2 of the women’s 100m event on the opening day of the event.

The Nigerian will line up against seven other athletes in the heat, where Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Jamaica’s Tina Clayton are favourites.

Other athletes in the heats are Rani Rosius (Belgium), Fayza Abdoukerim (Togo), Lorène Bazolo (Portugal), Ewa Swoboda (Poland), Karolína Maňasová (Czech Republic) and Estelle Short (Cook Islands).

Currently ranked 61st in the world, the former African U-20 champion has a season’s best of 11.03s in the women’s 100m, which she produced at the Star Athletics Sprint Series in Florida in June.

Including Chukwuma, Nigeria will field 15 athletes in 11 events, which include the men’s and women’s 100m, women’s 100m hurdles, men’s 200m, men’s 400m, men’s 400m hurdles, men’s and women’s long jump, men’s shot put, women’s discus, and women’s hammer events.

The 15-athlete list is made up of seven female and eight male athletes.

Nigeria’s squad will be led by 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan, who has been in mixed form this season. She will be joined by shot putter Chukwuebuka Enekwechi and 400m hurdles star Ezekiel Nathaniel.

Long jumper Ese Brume, the African record holder with 7.17m, is also included. Tokyo has been a successful venue for Brume in the past, and Alli believes she could return to the podium if she rediscovers her best form.

Other athletes named are Samuel Ogazi (400m), Kayinsola Ajayi (100m), Chioma Onyekwere-Lyons (discus), Prestina Ochonogor (long jump), Obiageri Amaechi (discus), Charles Godfred (long jump), Oyesade Olatoye (hammer), Israel S. Okon (100m), and Chidi Okezie (400m).

Source Punch Ng

Posted September 12, 2025