The medals continue to troop in for Nigeria as the duo of Olayinka Olajide and Consider Ekanem raced to the silver and bronze medals in the men’s and women’s 200 metres events at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana, on Friday. Olajide, the Nigerian national champion, who also won the bronze medal in the 100m event, clocked a personal best (PB) time of 23.18 (-2.6)...
Team Nigeria continues to make great strides in the athletics event at the ongoing 13th edition of the African Games, as Kemi Francis-Petersen claimed the silver medal after the last event of the women’s heptathlon that lasted for two days. The 31-year-old gathered an overall score of 5268 points, which was only bettered by Ahouanwanou Odile of Benin Republic, who totalled 5616 points in the seven-event...
It was a one-two finish for Nigeria in the women’s discus throw final as the duo of Obiageri Amaechi and Chioma Onyekwere claimed the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the ongoing 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana. Amaechi dug deep with her final attempt, achieving a throw of 58.93 metres, a new personal best (PB), to win the gold medal for Nigeria...
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