Athletics

Favour Ofili is now the joint 5th all-time fastest Nigerian woman after her performance over the weekend. The LSU athlete stormed to a huge Personal Best (PB) of 11.00s (0.5) to finish 2nd in the women's 100m at the Joe May Invitational.…
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Favour Ofili has shown why she is Nigeria's next queen of the tracks after clocking 11.11s to go joint 10th in the Nigerian women's 100m all-time list. Favour transited from indoor to outdoor for Louisiana state university, clocking a…
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Ese Brume leapt to a massive PB of 6.85m to win Nigeria's only medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Serbia. Brume moved from 10th place into 2nd with her 3rd jump of 6.85m in her first competition this year. Long…
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With one Chioma Ajunwa's record in the bag, Nigeria's Jump queen, Ese Brume, will be gunning for another record at the world indoor championships in Belgrade. It all started in 2021 when Brume took down Ajunwa's 25-year-Old African…
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When World Athletics listed Nigeria as RISING SPRINT NATION of the year 2021, the performance of Favour Ofili and others were the yardstick. Favour smashed her 200m African Indoor Record, with a new time of 22.71s to win the New Mexico…
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The feat surpasses the former African record of 12.44s by Gloria Alozie at 1998 women 100m Hurdles at the Monte Carlo Herculis-Zepter, Monaco.
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After the disqualification, the blame game has been spreading around with no one ready to take the blame for the Disqualified athletes.
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Nigeria is already feeling the effect of the disqualified athletes after the 4X400m mixed-relay team placed last in their heat.
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Chioma Ajunwa jumped an African Record of 7.12m to win an Olympic Gold medal in Atlanta 1996. Brume saved the best for the last, leaping that mark on her very last attempt after jumping 6.83m (four times).
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Lagos will host the rest of Africa at the Teslim Balogun Stadium with auxiliary support from National Stadium, Surulere and the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, both in Lagos.
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