It was victory after victory for the Nigerian athletics team on Wednesday at the African Games in Accra. Time after time, they climbed the podium for victory ceremonies winning gold medals on each occasion.
Sprint star, Tobi Amusan lived up to her rating as she expectedly won the women’s 100m hurdles. The reigning Commonwealth Games champion won the race with a time of 12.89s. She had a scare ahead of the final race as she had a false start, but was just cautioned.
The reigning Diamond League champion has now won the women’s 100m hurdles three times in a row – Congo Brazzaville 2015, Rabat 2019 and Accra 2023.
Tobi Arnusan’s gold is Nigerian’s second gold on the day after Okezie Chidi Anthony won gold in men’s 400m.
Victory was also recorded in the women’s 4x100m relay. Team Nigeria anchored by Tobi Amusan, won the race with a time of 43.05. The other members of the team include Moforehan Abinusawa, Justina Eyakpobeyan and Olajide Olayinka.
Nigeria won four gold medals on Wednesday after beating Ghana in a close contest to win the 4×100 m Men’s relay. Nigeria won the race with a time of 38.41s beating the defending champions Ghana who clocked 38.43 while Team Liberia came third with a time of 38.73.
Ghana led the race after the first two changes of the baton but the final change to anchor leg Joseph Amoah had a hitch which led to Nigeria claiming the win.
Team Nigeria was made of Isreal Sunday, Itsekiri Usheoritse, Ekanem Consider and Akintola Alaba Olukunle.
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