Thirty-seven years ago, Innocent Egbunike made big headline across the globe when he clocked a Games Record of 44.23secs to win the 400m title at the All African Games.
Since then, Nigeria has only won four silver medals in the event from the trio of the late Sunday Bada , Clement Chukwu , and Tobi Ogunmola .
“Now, I want to go back home and improve on the 45.06sec with Egbunike’s 44.17seconds run as a benchmark,” Okezie told Mainlandmetronew.com. “Innocent is one of my role models. I have talked to him about running 44.17sec as soon as I can. But he tells me to keep winning my races and not to worry about the time. It would come when it would come. He messaged me on the night/morning of the race and what he told me stuck with me throughout the day,” Okezie stated.
“I need to run 45.00sec to qualify for the Olympics. I have always wanted to run and I have to go back to the drawing board to do more work and by God’s grace, we can do great things in the coming months.”Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
For the first in almost two years, Nigeria’s senior national team, the Super Eagles, will go into a game without Portuguese gaffer, Jose Peseiro, when they confront old rivals, Ghana, in a friendly game in Morocco.
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