Tag: World Championships
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Former African track queen, Ojokolo set to marry Delta politician
Former African track queen, Endurance Ojokolo, who specialized in the 100 metres is set to marry her heartthrob, Anthony Akpeki, a politician based in Delta State, Nigeria.
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World Championship: Nigeria’s Ese Brume wins long jump silver
Nigerian long jumper Ese Brume finished second and won silver in the women’s long jump at the World Athletics Championship held in Oregon, USA Brume leaped to 7.02m to finish second behind Germany’s Jumper Malaika Mihambo.
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World Championships: How Nigeria Women’s 4×100 relay team broke African record
The Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha have broken the African record in the 4x 100 relay race at the going World Championships in Oregon. They returned in a time of 42.22s to break the long-standing 42.39s National/African Record set by their compatriots, Christy Opara-Thompson, Faith Idehen, Beatrice Utondu and Mary Onyali, at…
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Coleman pulls out of 200 meters at world championships
American Christian Coleman’s dream of adding the 200 meters to the 100 meter world title he won on Saturday has ended. This was after he pulled out of Sunday’s opening round because he was still “feeling the strain”. Coleman was due to run in the second heat at the world championships on Sunday evening but…