Twenty Nigerian observe and area athletes are amongst over 1,700 athletes from 134 groups/international locations now in Lima for the World Athletics Below-20 Championships 2024.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that the younger athletes are competing on the Estadio Atletico de la Videna between Tuesday and Saturday.
A number of of the taking part athletes can be making their worldwide debuts in Lima, whereas for some others, the trail to Peru has gone via the Paris Olympic Video games.
The checklist of Olympians who will compete for age-group honours following the Paris 2024 Video games is certainly lengthy.
It has Bradley Nkoana and Bayanda Walaza, who helped South Africa to the lads’s 4×100 metres silver medal in Paris.
It additionally has Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew, who completed fifth within the ladies’s 3000m steeplechase.
There are additionally on the checklist the likes of Jamaica’s Alana Reid, who competed within the 4x100m, and Torrie Lewis of Australia, who ran the 200m and 4x100m on the Paris Olympics.
However the Olympians should not the one ones headlining the occasion within the South American nation’s capital metropolis.
Estonia’s Karmen Bruus (excessive leap), Uzbekistan’s Sharifa Davronova (triple leap), Ethiopia’s Medina Eisa (5000m), and Jamaica’s Kerrica Hill (100m hurdles) are an skilled lot.
All of them gained gold medals on the final version of the competitors in Cali in 2022 and are entered to defend their titles this time round.
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The championship is de facto large, and international locations which have entered the most important groups embrace the U.S with 100 entries, Germany with 92 entries, and Australia with 68 entries.
That is then what Staff Nigeria, which has 9 males and 11 females, has to cope with.
The male athletes embrace Caleb John, Okon Sunday, and Chidera Ezeakor, who can be competing within the 100m, Gafari Badmus (400m), and Caleb Joshua alongside John and Sunday within the 200m.
Goodluck Fiaku is within the excessive leap, whereas Oseiwe Salami is within the 400m hurdles.
Tejiri Godwin and Joachim Uyovwiyoma will be a part of others for the 4x100m relay occasion.
Justina Eyakpobeyan, Chioma Nweke, and Valuable Nzeakor will run within the ladies’s 100m, with Obi Chukwuka and Prestina Ochonogor becoming a member of them for the 4x100m relays.
The 200m race will see Nzeakor be a part of Ella Onojuvwevwo to compete for honours, whereas Taiwo Kudoro will run within the 400m hurdles.
Chioma Nwachukwu can be joined by Favour Onyah and Onojuvwevwo for the 400m, with Nwachukwu, Onyah, Kudoro, Onojuvwevwo, and Odot Udo working the 4x400m relays.
Rhoda Adisa will symbolize Nigeria within the 800m, whereas Ochonogor may even be within the lengthy leap occasion.
NAN experiences that the Nigerian representatives would nonetheless be striving onerous not solely to enhance on the nation’s previous performances on the championships but additionally to reinforce their careers.
It’s a championship that gives a platform for achievement within the sport by serving to to construct careers and can little question assist define their path to future international occasions. (NAN)