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Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team disqualified from final

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team disqualified from final

Nigeria's men’s 4x400m relay team will no longer compete in the final of the event following a ruling from the organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The quartet of Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie have been disqualified from the final for a lane  violation after stepping on the line in their semifinal on Friday. Breaking news!! The Nigerian men's 4x400m team...

Paris 2024: Shocker as Tobi Amusan fails to make women’s 100m hurdles final

Nigeria’s biggest hope of a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan, failed to make the final of the women’s 100m hurdles final after finishing third in Heat 1 of the semifinals earlier today. The 27-year-old world record holder, who didn’t enjoy the best of starts, ran a time of 12.55s to finish behind American Grace Stark (12.39s) and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, who...

Paris 2024: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson withdraws from women’s 100 metres event

Paris 2024: Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson withdraws from women’s 100 metres event

Two-time Jamaican 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris 2024 Olympics after dropping from the women's 100 metres event. The 30-year-old sustained a calf injury during her final outing on July 9 in Hungary before the Games commenced. Jackson clocked a season's best of 10.84 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials but her manager...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Favour Ofili rues omission from 100 metres event

Paris 2024: AFN responds to Ofili’s omission claim from women’s 100 metres

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has debunked claims it omitted the name of its reigning 100 metres queen, Favour Ofili, from the sprint event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This comes after the track queen accused the Athletics body of incompetence and deliberately omitted her name from of the biggest events at the Games. However, the AFN has refuted the claims of Ofili stating that...