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Tokyo Olympics: 3 Nigerian athletes qualify for finals

Aminu Imam

A total of three Nigerian track and field athletes have qualified for the finals at the on-going 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games in Japan. They are Enoch Adegoke, Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume. Adegoke qualified for the final of the men’s 100m heat at the on-going 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games in Japan on Sunday. The 21-year-old finished second (10.00s) in Heat-2 of men’s 100m, just behind Zharnel Hughes, who kept the British hope alive by winning the second semi in 9.98seconds. Amusan, meanwhile, qualified for the Women’s 100m Hurdles final. She…

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Okagbare leads Nigeria’s 4×100 metres quartet to improved ranking

Aminu Imam

The Blessing Okagbare-led Nigeria’s 4x100m Women’s quartet increased their rankings from top 16 to top 15, as the curtain was drawn on the 2020 Olympic Games Trials in Lagos yesterday. On a day that heavy downpour almost pushed the final day of the Meet forward to today, Okagbare who had on Thursday won the Women’s 100m with a 10.63secs, anchored the quartet of Grace Nwokocha, Rosemary Chukwuma and Blessing Ogundiran to an improved 42.97sec. However, the men’s sprint quartet were not that lucky. The 39.04secs clocked by Enoch Adejoke, Jerry…

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