Nigeria emerged the overall winner in Athletics event at the 2019 Africa Games with a total of 23 medals (10 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze) after winning...
Nigeria emerged the overall winner in Athletics event at the 2019 Africa Games with a total of 23 medals after winning gold in Women’s 4x400m, Women’s Shot Put; silver in Men’s 200m on the final day of the Track and Field event on Friday.
Team Nigeria quartet of Kemi Francis, Patience Okon-George, Blessing Oladoye and Favour Ofili ran the race of their lives to win gold in the Women’s 4x400m final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex.Sade Olatoye increased the country’s medals haul by winning gold in the Women’s Shot Put event.South Africa’s Senekal Ischke came second with a throw of 16.18m while South Africa’s Strydom Meike won the bronze with 14.64m.
Botswana won the race in a time of 3:02.55m while South Africa went home with the silver medal after finishing with a time of 3:03.18.
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