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Team Nigeria will be represented by a small number of six athletes at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has sent a small contingent of six athletes to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, which begins from August 4th - 11th, and athletics scheduled to commence on August 7th.
Athletics will have Team Nigeria represented by some of its best teenage athletes, who dominated at the African U18 and U20 Championships in Zambia.
Top on the list is Samuel Ogazi, entered to compete in the 200m and 400m. Ogazi won both events in record-breaking times at the in Zambia earlier this year and will be gunning for better brilliant performances.
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He is Nigeria's brightest prospect in the 200m and 400m, having clocked a sub-21s and sub-46s respectively, and won the quarter-mile bronze medal at the Nigerian Trials.
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08:45 - 28.05.2023
Incredible Samuel Ogazi blazes to sub-46s at AFN Golden League in Abuja
From running 47.48s in his first race of the year to going sub-46s at the AFN Golden League in just two months, Samuel Ogazi is definitely here to stay.
Ogazi will be aiming to win his first international medal for the country, which will be a massive achievement in the event after so many years.
He is listed with Olanrewaju Erioluwa in the 400m, and Israel Okon Sunday in the 100m and 200m.
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15:23 - 15.07.2023
Team Nigeria women get World Championships qualifying spot as men's team miss out
Team Nigeria's women's 4x400m team temporarily secured their spot at the World Championships in Budapest, after clocking an SB at the DT/ Lagos Club Athletics Series in Yabatech.
Consequently, the women's category will have speed sensation Faith Okwose in the 100m and 200m, will be hoping to replicate Rosemary Chukwuma's 2018 feat as the 100m champion.
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21:17 - 02.05.2023
African U18 and U20 Championships: Godbless, Okwose, and Ogazi smash records for double titles in Zambia
A record-breaking performance from Tima Godbless, Samuel Ogazi, and Faith Okwose at the African U18 and U20 Championships in Zambia.
Okwose, will be joined by Tiana Justina Eyakpobeyan in the same events, and both have great chances of medalling for Nigeria.
Then in the 400m, Favour Onyinye will be Nigeria's sole representative, and she will have her goal at performing brilliantly for the country.
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13:52 - 04.08.2023
Yahoo Yahoo: Nigerian athlete faces 20 years imprisonment for cyber fraud worth $100,000
Mercy Abire and her coconspirators could face a maximum of 20 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to 'Yahoo Yahoo'.
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