Oregon22: 16 Nigerian Athletes Set For The World Championships
Runners Favor Ashe and Favor Ofili; run hurdler Tobiloba Amusan, long jumper Ese Brume and 12 other Nigerian competitors are among the 1900 competitors who have been able to contend at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 from 15-24 July.
Ashe, the Nigerian 100m hero will cause his most memorable excursion to World Athletics’ leader occasion and will to be joined by Alaba Akintola, Udodi Onwuzurike, and Raymond Ekevwo to run in the 100m and the 4x100m transfer.
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Onwuzurike, the prevailing World U20 champion, and Akintola will likewise be contending in the 200m occasion.
Shot Putters Chukwuebuka Enekwechi and Isaac Odugbesan as well as 400m obstruction sprinter Nathaniel Ezekiel complete the rundown of seven men whose capabilities were affirmed by World Athletics following the end of the capability window on Sunday.
For the ladies, the three runners who have broken 11 seconds this year have additionally tied down the passes to the titles.
Ofili, the prevailing Nigerian 200m record holder inside (22.46) and outside (21.96) have been able to run in the 100 and 200m occasions.
Tokyo Olympics semifinalist Grace Nwokocha and previous African Youth and Junior boss, Rosemary Chukwuma will likewise be in Oregon for the run occasions.
Generally, secret Ezinne Abba who needs to change loyalty to Nigeria from the USA is likewise through to the titles however may not be in the group following the powerlessness of the ladies’ 4x100m hand-off to meet all requirements for the opposition.
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Ruling World U20 400m boss, Imaobong Nse Uko will likewise be in Oregon subsequent to running 51.24 seconds to seal her entry.
African 100m obstacles record holder at 12.41 seconds Amusan will likewise be getting back to the opposition in the wake of missing the platform a long time back in Doha, Qatar by the tightest of edges, sitting fourth in the last.
Field eventers Sade Olatoye and Chioma Onyekwere will be in Oregon subsequent to fixing their capability as region champions following their particular successes in the Hammer toss and Discus toss occasions at the 22nd African Athletics Championships in Mauritius in early June.
Likewise through are jumpers Brume and Ruth Usoro. Brume is getting back to the titles subsequent to winning bronze quite a while back in Doha while Usoro will make her presentation at the opposition in the long leap occasion.
In the meantime, the choice of the competitors who will dorn the nation’s green and white tones in Oregon lies with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.
The determination preliminaries for the titles occurred the last end of the week at the Samuel Ogbemudia arena Benin and the league can’t pick outside the 16 who have fulfilled World Athletics’ entrance guideline.
