Grace Anigbata, the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships 4x100m silver medalist, Enoch Adegoke, the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, para-athletics coach Feyisetan Are, and others were among the lauded winners at the second Athletic Heat Awards, which were…
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Athletic Heat hosts first ever Track and Field Awards in Nigeria
After a long 2017 season which included the World Athletics Championships and other meets across Nigeria, the executive board of Athletic Heat decided to organize an event that recognizes the best of Nigerian athletes ranging from Youths to Junior and…
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.…
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. …
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…
Athletic Heat Co-founder, Ruth Usoro hits Long Jump Olympic standard, two to go!
Yes, two more standards to hit for Ruth Usoro as the Olympic Games are fast approaching. Yesterday, Feb 26th which was Day One of the Big 12 Indoor Championship, she hit a massive Personal Best of 6.82m in her last…
Ruth Usoro opens 2019 Outdoor season with 23.53s
South Plan’s Sophomore and Athletic Heat Co-founder, Ruth Usoro was at the Fearless Champions Meet hosted by Texas Tech University last weekend. Usoro led the race from start to finish and posting a blistering 23.53s to commence her outdoor season.…
