Team Nigeria, won one more gold medal on the final day of 2024 African Senior Athletics Championships in Douala, Cameroon.
The gold medal was won by the women’s 4×400m relay in a time of 3:27.31 seconds ahead of Botswana and Zambia. But it was not enough to qualify for the Olympics in Paris.
Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi, won a silver medal in the men’s Javelin with a throw of 79.22m, finishing behind Julius Yego of Kenya who threw 80.24m. Moustafa Mahmoud of Egypt was 3rd with 77.25m.
Yego becomes the second man in Championships history to win the title three times in a row, after South Africa’s Gerhardus Pienaar who won in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Yego also made history to win the Javelin throw gold five times followings wins in 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022 and now 2024.
At the end of the grueling, feisty and equally scintilating six days of competition at the Stade de Japoma, in Douala, on Wednesday, Nigeria secured five gold, six silver and four bronze medals to finish third behind South Africa and Kenya that won the last edition.
Nigeria finished third on the overall medal table at the 2022 edition held in Port Loius, Mauritius with 11 medals made up of five gold, three silver, and three bronze to rank behind Kenya and South Africa.
Team Nigeria got most of her medals from the women athletes, who won a total of four gold, three silver and two bronze.
Their male counterparts secured one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. With an additional Silver medal from the 4x400m Mix Relay.
Among the athletes, who defended their titles in Douala is Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, who won the men’s Shot Put event. He won the title at Asaba 2018 and retained it in Mauritius 2022.
Women’s discuss thrower, Obiageri Amechi upgraded her status by winning silver this time around, after she settled for bronze two years ago in Mauritius.
One of Nigeria’s most consistent athletes, Ese Brume, lived up to her hype as she retained her gold medal title in the Long Jump.
Nigeria’s Women 4x100m relay squad, led by Tobi Amusan easily secured the gold medal in Douala.
