….Nigeria also won 4×100m men, others
World Women’s 100mH queen, Tobi Amusan led Nigeria’s quartet to their 11th gold medal in 13 editions of the women’s 4×100 meters relay at the African Games.
The quartet of Justina Eyakpobeyan
Olayinka Olajide Ololade Moforehan
Oluwatobiloba Amusan finished in 43.05 seconds, just 0.01 seconds short of the game record set by the country in 2003.
Liberia came second in 44.02 seconds host Ghana picking the bronze in 44.21 seconds.
The quartet of Sunday Israel Okon, Consider Ekanem, Alaba Akintola, and Usheoritse Itsekiri made history happen in 4×100m men by storming to victory in a time of 38.41s ahead of Ghana and Liberia, who clocked 38.43s and 38.73s to finish second and third, respectively.
It was a sweet revenge for the Nigerian athletes having lost to Ghana in the 2003 edition. Former African 100m champion and Nigerian sprint legend, Deji Aliu must be happy wherever he is.
In the 100m Hurdles event, Nigerian star girl, Tobi Amusan again had a smooth ride to gold.
She crossed the finish line in 12.89 seconds to win the women’s 100m hurdles, ahead of Madagascar’s Sidonie Fiadanantsoa (13.19) and Zimbabwe’s Kamangirira Ashley Tinashe (13.59).
Following her triumphs in Brazzaville 2015, Rabat 2019, and today in Accra 2023, the world record holder extends her record of being the only athlete to have won it more than twice.
Moraa Mary, the 22-year-old sprinter from Kenya, clocked 50.57 seconds, securing the top spot in the women’s 400m final to claim the first gold medal on offer in Athletics on day 3 of the 2023 African Games.
Joseph Esther Elo from Nigeria clinched the silver medal with a time of 51.61 seconds, while Sibiri Sita from Burkina Faso secured the bronze with a time of 51.74 seconds.
Kenya’s world, African, and national 3000 metres steeplechase record holder, Beatrice Chepkoech, won her first gold medal in the discipline at the African Games after crossing the finish line in 9:15.61.
She finished ahead of Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai (9:16.07) and Ethiopia’s Lomi Muleta Tefera (9:30.19).
Source/Made In Africa Sports/Global Sports/Chigozie
