Team Nigeria’s female relay team has earned a spot in the 4×400-meter event at the World Championships in Budapest.
The team achieved this on Friday when they clocked 3:27.60 at the Deji Tinubu/Lagos Athletics Series in Lagos.
The quartet of Omolara Omotosho, Patience Okon-George, Ella Onojuvwevwo, and Imaobong Uko performed excellently, achieving a 14th place in the world rankings with a Season’s Best time of 3:27.60s.
The Nigerian women displayed excellent coordination and executed baton exchanges flawlessly, demonstrating their dominance in the competition as they outperformed Team Ghana, who settled for fourth place.
But the men’s relay team-Dubem Nwachukwu, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Samuel Ogazi, and Chidi Okezie, narrowly missed out on securing a spot in the 4x400m event.
This was despite an impressive Season’s Best time of 3:02.64 seconds while fending off both Ghana and the Benin Republic. The time places them 17th, just shy of the top 16 required for…
