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…
David Aya hits World Junior Championships standard
It’s better late than never and that’s the story of Favoured Stars athlete, David Aya who just leaped a distance of 2.16m at the Delta State Local Government Championships to qualify for the World U20 Championships. This hasn’t been an…
The Struggles and Triumphs of Byran Monday
Bryan Monday is a Lagos based jumper who broke the 6m and 14m jinx this season in the Long and Triple Jump respectively. He shared his story with us from his struggles to how he finally made it. He first…
Okagbare, Divine tops 25-man list to Tokyo Olympics
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) through it’s secretary, Prince Beyioku has released a list comprising 15 females and 10 males who are to resume camp in Abuja on Sunday, July 4th ahead of the Olympic Games later this month.…
