The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have come and gone, with discussions as to how team Nigeria’s outing was notexactly an advertisement for building and enhancing Nigeria’s sports prowess. Nigeria’s poor performance at the event was just not the subject of exaggerated assessment in newspapers and across the airwaves. Indeed, it was a case of expectationsoutgrowing abilities, as…
Brume, Ofili, Imaobong lead 28-man squad to Kenya World U20 Championships
It seemed like a list wasn’t forthcoming but alas one has been released with top World ranked Nigerian athletes making the list Top of the list is World No.3 in the women’s 200m, Favour Ofili who has a personal best…
Unorji, AJ Gold, Aya, Osisike named AOTW
With the wonderful performances last week at the Nigerian Junior Trials, we have decided to recognize the best four across the Track and Field events. While we acknowledge the wonderful performances at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, we also want to…
Ekporere, AJ Gold, Aya hit huge PBs at World Junior Trials
The Stephen Keshi stadium, Asaba, Delta state played host to the One day Athletics trials held for Junior athletes who are looking forward to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming World Junior Championships in Kenya later this month. There were stellar…
Enoch Adegoke clocks 9.98s to qualify for semis #Tokyo2020
National Champion in the men’s 100m, Enoch Adegoke has been very consistent this season, winning his first National Sports Festival in April then went on to win his first National Senior Title in June where he hit the Olympic standard…
Rilwan Alowonle’s Uneased Shoulder- THE PRESSURE
World Championships semifinalist in the men’s 400m hurdles, Rilwan Alowonle shared with us how he was under pressure to hit the Olympic standard, so each time he went out to compete, he was tensed. “This whole season, I’ve just been…
Mercy Abire’s home-front hype
From the pits in Yabatech, to Oral Robert University and Louisiana State University, Abire Mercy was back at where it all began for her and she gave herself a good welcome back gift. For the first time in her career,…
Help Monday Godwin retain his US Scholarship
Being educated is a strong benefit for every athlete and that’s why Athletic Heat has an initiative tagged Athletics In School Tour, the program is to encourage students to combine school and sports. In this vain, National Triple Jump Bronze…
“Our results aren’t on WA”- National Champion, Tobe Nwokocha.
It’s been a month since the Nigerian Olympic Trials was concluded and yet some results haven’t been uploaded on World Athletics. These includes the men’s Long Jump, Women’s Triple Jump and Men’s Discus events. Speaking with Long Jump National Champion,…
Flora Ugwunwa
Meet Flora Ugwunwa Flora Ugwunwa is a Nigerian Paralympic athlete competing in F54-classification events. She first represented Nigeria at All African Games in Brazzaville, Congo where she won Gold in the Discus and Silver in Javelin. She proceeded to the…
