Nigeria Claims Mixed Relay Gold At World U-20 Championships

Nigeria has won 4x400m mixed relay gold at World Athletics U-20 Championships.
“It was very tough because of the weather. This is just the beginning of great things in my career. My coach and I really worked hard on this, I’m so excited, it would only get better. Coming here to make so much impact makes me feel so happy. It means more hard work, but the future is so bright,” Uko said.
The women’s 200m was packed, with Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medallist Christine Mboma and her Namibian teammate Beatrice Masilingi the clear favourites.
Favour Ofili, however, gave both women a fair contest, claiming the bronze medal with a national U-20 record of 22.23secs, behind Mboma’s championships record of 21.84secs for the gold medal and Masilingi’s PB of 22.18secs.
In other events of the day, Best Erhire was unlucky, missing out on the podium after finishing fourth in high jump (2.14m), while compatriot David Aya finished eighth with a jump of 2.10m.
Another Nigerian, Ekporere Oghenemine, finished last in the men’s 110m hurdles final.
Ezekiel Nathaniel qualified for the final of the men’s 400m hurdles as one of the fastest losers, after finishing third in Heat 1. The men’s 4x100m and 4x400m also qualified for the final.
It’s Nigeria’s best ever performance at the championships, with the 4×100m (men and women) and 4×400m (women) relay teams also in contention for medals on Sunday (yesterday), the final day of the event.