Ahead of tomorrow track and field events
at the ongoing delayed Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games in Japan, the Integrity unit
of World Athletics (WA) has cleared 12
Nigerian athletes as eligible to compete at
the Games.
The athletes are Blessing Okagbare, Ese
Brume, Tobi Amusan, Divine Oduduru,
Nwokocha Grace, Patience Okon George,
Enoch Adegoke, Imaobong Nse Uko,
Itsekiri Usheoritee, Enekwechi
chuckwuebuka, Emmanuel Ojeli and
Samson Nathaniel.
Reigning Nigeria sprint queen Okagbare
who is making her fourth appearance at
the games will be competing in the
women’s 100m heat on Friday.
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Also cleared to contest are sprint hurdler,
Tobiloba Amusan who is ranked number
four in the 100m hurdles; long jumper Ese
Brume who tops the world list in her
event coming to the Games and Grace
Nwokocha, Nigeria-based sensation who
clocked 11.09 seconds in March at the
MOC Grand Prix in Lagos to seal her
qualification for the Tokyo Games. Others
are the trio of Divine Oduduru, Enoch
Adegoke and Ushoritse Itshekiri who will
be competing in the men’s 100m while
Oduduru will also race in the 200m, an
event he holds the national record of
19.73 seconds which he set two years
ago in Austin, Texas in the USA to win the
NCAA gold.
Shot putter Chukwuebuka Enekwechi who
made it to the event’s final at the World
Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar in
2019 is also cleared to compete.
The 4x400m mixed relay quartet of
Imaobong Nse Uko, Patience Okon-
George, Nataniel Samson and Ifeanyi Ojeli
are also cleared to compete and will be in
action on Friday in the first semifinal heat.
Prince Adeniyi Adisa Beyioku, Secretary
General of the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria (AFN) says the athletes are in good
spirits as they are determined to return
Nigeria to the podium for the first time
since 2008 when Okagbare and the
women’s 4x100m won Nigeria’s last
medals in track and field.
Beyioku is happy the 12 athletes have
been cleared to compete and assured that
the federation will continue to be the
goose that lays Team Nigeria’s golden
eggs at the Olympics.
Athletics accounts for 13 of the 25 medals
won at the Olympics by Team Nigeria and
two of the three gold medals.
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Good to go lets go there and get the Golds.
God bless Nigeria