Nigeria wins fourth gold in Zambia

Nigeria wins fourth gold in Zambia

Team Nigeria, on Sunday, added two gold medals to take their medal tally to six at the ongoing 4th African U-18 Championships and the 15th African U20 championships in Ndola, Zambia.

The team now has four gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

In the athletics event, Opeyemi Oke won a gold medal in the women’s U-20 400m final after returning a time of 52.60secs on day two of the event.

Also, Samuel Ogazi won a gold medal in the U-18 men’s final with a time of 46.08secs.

Prior to the two-medal haul on Sunday, jumpers Fejiro Djoma and Grace Oshiokpu won gold medals in their opening event.

In the U-18 women’s triple jump event Djoma leaped to 12.69m to win Nigeria’s first gold, setting a new Championship Record (CR) and smashing Veronica Ugeh’s record of 12.56m in 2013.

Oshiokpu added the second gold medal for Team Nigeria in the U-20 women’s triple jump when she leaped 13.03m to win the final.

Also, Justine Jimoh jumped a height of 2.05m to win…

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