Tag: World Athletic
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Amusan loses female athlete of the year award to Sydney McLaughlin -Levrone
American female hurdler, Sydney McLaughlin -Levrone has won the Athlete of the year defeating Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and three other nominees in the process. The announcement was made by World Athletics federation. Amusan competed favourable with Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Peru’s Kimberly Garcia, and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas for the awards but got dusted by Levrone.
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World Athletics Under-20 Championships: FG to reward gold medalists with $5,000
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Saturday announced cash rewards for Nigerian athletes who won medals at the ongoing World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Toyin Ibitoye, Special Assistant (Multimedia) to the minister, disclosed this in a statement saying the cash rewards would see the athletes receiving 5,000 dollars for…