World record holder in the women’s 100mh took the win in the finals in a blistering 12.30s confirming that her times in Eugene two weeks ago were no fluke. She was unarguably the favorite and rose to the occasion as…
Cali2022: Team Nigeria ends World U-20 campaign with 5th place in Sprint relay
The Nigerian men’s 4×100m quartet raised Nigerian hopes for a medal when they ran 39.41s a season’s best performance to win heat 2 of the Sprint relays. They’d advanced to the finals with the third fastest time across all heats.…
Cali 2022: Nigerian men’s quartet secures a spot to the 4x100m final
The quartet of Nicholas Fakorede, Nicholas Mabilo,Ajayi Kayinsola and Musa Nurain stormed to the win in heat 2 of the men’s 4×100m in a season’s best time of 39.41s just a tenth of a second outside the national record they…
Cali 2022: Tima Godbless wins Nigerian hearts in a bid to secure a medal
At the ongoing World U-20 championships in Cali, Nigeria had two representatives in the women’s 100m, Tima Godbless and Ofoku Praise. While the latter bowed out in the semis,the former advanced to the finals having run two of her fastest…
Cali 2022: Chief Suo & Ese Oguma named Team Nigeria media officers
The 2022 World U20 Athletics Championships is set to begin in Cali, Colombia, tomorrow, Monday August 1st and whilst the Nigerian Team move in batches, Athletic Heat CEO, Ese Oguma and Wazobia On Air Personality, Chief Suo will be making…
Cali 22: Adekalu Fakorede named Team Nigeria Captain to World U20 Championship
Reigning National U20 leader in the Mens 200m, Adekalu Fakorede has been named the Team Captain of the Nigerian team to this year’s World U20 Championships billed to hold in Cali, Colombia between Aug 1-6th . Fakorede was a semi finalist…
Oregon22: Tobi Amusan breaks African Record to qualify for semifinal
Reigning African champion, Tobi Amusan, during the heat of the women’s 100m hurdles at the ongoing World Athletics Championship, Oregon, smashed her African Record again, clocking 12.40s, for the win. It is also the overall fastest time in the heats.…
OREGON 22: Ofili leads a quadruple of Nigerian sprinters into the 200m semifinals
All four Nigerian sprinters entered in the 200m all advances to the semis as the trio of Favour Ofili, Grace Nwokocha and Rosemary Chukwuma all ran brilliantly to secure a spot to the next round, with their male compatriot Udodi…
Oregon22: Nigeria 4x400m mixed qualifies for final
The quartet of Dubem Amene, Imaobang Nse Uko, Samson Nathaniel and Patience Okon George fought for a spot in the final, securing it with 5th position in a season best time of 3:14.56s in heat 1 of the 4×400m mixed. …
Patience Okon leads home based athletes to Oregon for World Champs
5 homebased athletes will depart Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this night to arrive Oregon, United States tomorrow ahead of the World Championships which begins on Friday. The athletes are Patience Okon, Sikiru Adeyemi, Samson Nathaniel for the 4x400m mixed.…
