Africa's fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala has been struggling with his mental health since he finished seventh in the final of the men's 100m event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Omanyala's coach Duncan Ayiemba claims the Kenyan sprint star is yet to get over his disappointing result in Budapest after he finished the 100m final in 10.07 seconds. USA's Noah Lyles claimed the 100m gold with...
Team Nigeria continued their lacklustre performance at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with woeful results in 4x100m relay events on Friday. Nigeria had representatives in the men and women's categories but they both failed to qualify into the final stage to compete for medals. The quartet of Favour Ashe, Seye Ogunlewe, Usheoritse Itsekiri and Alaba Akintola had a decent race in the men's category...
Newly-crowned 400-metre world champion, Jamaica’s Antonio Watson, reveals he feels excited and great to win his first-ever World Athletics Championships gold medal after causing an upset in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday. The 21-year-old raced past the finish line first in a time of 44.22 seconds, while Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith took silver and Quincy Hall of the United States secured bronze, with former...
World record holder Tobi Amusan failed to defend her world title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships after finishing sixth in the women's 100m hurdles final late on Thursday. Amusan failed to secure a podium finish as she could only settle for sixth place, clocking 12.62 seconds, as Jamaican sprinter Danielle Williams shocked the whole athletics world to claim the gold medal in the much-anticipated women’s...
The Nigerian duo of Favour Ofili and Alaba Akintola have crashed out of the 200-meter women’s and men’s events at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 20-year-old African indoor record holder, Ofili, finished sixth in Heat 3 of the semifinals on Thursday evening to put an end to her participation in the event. Akintola, on the other hand, finished seventh in Heat 2...
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