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June 13, 2022 Team Nigeria Retains Third Position at The African Athletics Championship With 11 Medals
Team Nigeria won a total of 11 medals made up of five gold, three silver and three bronze medals at the just concluded Senior Athletics Championship in Mauritius. The event held from June 8th-12th, 2022. Sprint hurdler Oluwatobiloba Amusan opened the floodgate of medals after she retained the 100m hurdles title, then The women’s 4×100 relay team and Discus thrower, Chioma Onyekwere won two more the next day before Oyesade Olatoye added a historic hammer gold on day four. Chukwuebuka Enekwechi successfully defended his Shot Put title in a record breaking fashion as the curtains were drawn Sunday on the 22nd edition of the African Athletics Championship to round up a successful outing for the Athletics team Notable athletes that were missing at the event include, Blessing Okagbare(doping ban), Ese Brume (Passport/Visa Issues), Divine Oduduru (Personal exclusion) amongst others.   The 23rd Edition of the Championship will be hosted in Cameroon.

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