team Nigerian athletes will begin securing tickets to all five relay events at the 2024 Paris Olympics to be held in other countries with the World Athletics Relays starting Saturday (today) in Nassau, Bahamas. punch sports extra I will report it.
The two-day global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries vie for a spot in the Centenary Games, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, World Athletics said in a statement.
The event also serves as a qualification for the Paris Olympics, with the top 14 teams in each event at World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24 automatically qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The remaining two spots in each category will be awarded based on the top list during the qualifying period (December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2024).
The Nigerian team currently has a gold medal in the 4x100m and a bronze medal in the 4x400m at the World Relays, with one 4th and 5th place and three 7th places, earning a total of 29 points, making them second in Africa after Kenya. It is ranked 16th in the world. .
Women's 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan heads the list of 29 athletes confirmed to represent Nigeria at the event.
Amusan was instrumental in Nigeria's recent success in the women's 4x100m relay, winning gold medals at both the African Games and the Commonwealth Games, although the Commonwealth Games were canceled due to doping violations by another member of the relay team. Ta.
The 26-year-old will be joined by Nigerian 200m record holder Favar Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Justina Eyakpobeyan, Tima Godbless, Elo Blessing and African Games double sprint medalist Olinka Olajide. is added.
Surprisingly missing from the men's 4x100m team list is Faber Ash, Nigeria's fastest man this year who has twice broken 10 seconds (9.96 seconds and 9.99 seconds).
The 21-year-old Auburn University undergraduate has excelled outdoors, but his name was missing from the final entry list released by the Nigeria Athletics Federation.
The reason for his exclusion was not disclosed, but sources said the sprinter had not been released by the university because he was in the Bahamas.
The development sees Godson Oghenebloom and Udodi Onwuzurike lead Nigeria's charge in the men's 4x100m, along with Alaba Akintola, Carlington Anunagba, Konda Ekanem, Seyi Ogunlewe and Israel Okon Sunday. become.
Their goal is to secure a top-14 finish and earn a coveted lane spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a feat Nigeria has not achieved since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In the men's 4x400m, African Games champion Chidi Okezie is leading the charge to return to the Olympics for the first time since 2004 in Athens, Greece.
Joining him are Sikiru Adeyemi, Dubem Amen, Ezekiel Nathaniel and his brother Samson Nathaniel, Dubem Nwanchukwu, Samuel Ogaji and Ifeanyi Ojeri.
Nigeria's quarter-mile athlete, who participated in the African Games to be held in Accra in March, set a national record of 2 minutes 59.12 seconds and was the third best in the world this year with a time of 3 hours 01 minutes 84 seconds, second only to the winner Zambia. Nassau as a fast country. Botswana placed second in the African Games.
The women's 4x400m team includes African Games hero Omolala Ogunmakinju, who turned Nigeria's silver medal into a gold medal in the mixed relay.
She will be joined by the fast-improving Ella Onojuvwevwo (latest record 51.32 seconds, personal best), African Games silver medalist Ero Joseph (three times under 52 seconds in Accra), and the veteran will be joined by Patience Ocon.
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