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Ghana 2024: Enekwechi, Usoro Harvest more Gold For Nigeria, Itshekiri Silver

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Last updated: March 20, 2024 11:49 am
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Chukwuebuka Enekwechi and  Ruth Usoro on Tuesday added to the joy of Nigerians at the ongoing African Games with two gold medals in Shot Put and Triple Jump.

The 31 year old was the pre-Games overwhelming favourite to win and he fulfilled expectations in a historic manner, becoming the first Nigerian man to successfully defend a Shot Put title at tue Games.

Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro competes in the women’s long jump qualification during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 23, 2022. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

The Nigerian threw 21.06m to win the gold. He however was unable to beat the 21.43m games record he set in 2019. Meanwhile, Ewa Peace failed to make it to the podium in the women’s high jump as she could only clear 1.75m to place fourth in an event Ghana’s, Amoanimaa Rose cleared 1.90m to win.

US based Usoro grabs her first African Games gold, aims for historic triple jump/long jump double.
Usoro hopped, stepped and jumped to her first African Games gold and became third Nigerian after Rosa Collins (1995) and Grace Anigbata (2019) to win a triple jump gold at the Games.
The 26 year old’s 13.80m effort was enough to fetch her the gold and equalled Collins’ altitude-aided winning mark 29 years ago.

Usoro will now turn her attention to the long jump event which begins on Wednesday. She will now be seeking to become the first Nigerian woman to successfully complete a triple jump and long jump double in the history of the Games.

Victory for her will also mean she will become the second woman in Games history to win a triple jump and long jump gold at the same edition of the Games after Cameroon’s Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin in 2015

On a sad note, Gina Bass and Emmanuel Eseme however denied Nigeria Sprinters the African Games 100m gold
Nigerian sprinters will not mount the podium as African Games 100m winners duo of Gina Bass and Emmanuel Eseme gave it up for The Gambia and Cameroon who will get their flags flown and national anthem played during the medal presentation.

Bass lived up to expectations after running 11.36 to win her first African Games 100m gold while Liberia’s Maia Alyse came second (11.49) and Nigeria’s Olajide Olayinka third in 11.55. Justina Eyakpobeyan ran 11.60 to place fifth.
For the men, Eseme also fulfilled pre-race expectations as he sped to his first African Games 100m gold in 10.14.

Nigeria’s Ushoritse Itshekiri upgraded from the bronze he won five years ago to second (10.23) while Namibia ‘s Hainuca was third in 10.29. Consider Ekanem was fourth in 10.42.

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