New hurdle sensation, Ezekiel Nathaniel has disclosed that is ready to do the nation proud at the World Athletics Championship which comes up Eugene, Oregon, USA later in the year.
Recently, Nathaniel made the athletic world go back memory lane as he broke a long standing 35year old record in a new personal best.
One time Nigeria’s 400m hurdles champion, Henry Amike had set a record of 48.50s on the 31st of August 1987, in the World Athletics Championships held in Italy. Ever since then, nobody has been able to break the record until Ezekiel Nathaniel ran a new national best of 48.42s in the United States, qualifying him for this year’s World Athletics campaign.
After the record breaking performance, the lad claimed he never even knew how long that record lasted. “For real, I didn’t know how long the record stood. It was after running that it dawned on me how long the record had been standing.”
The 19year old will be representing Nigeria for the first time in the 18th edition of the Senior world Championship in the 400m hurdles event holding in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The World Athletics Championship is held every two years, representing the highest level of outdoor athletics for track and field globally.
“I’m training hard. I want to replicate my personal best performance by winning in Oregon. It will be tough but not impossible” he concluded.
