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Team Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays, which began in Bahamas on Saturday. The World Relays is the qualification tournament for the men, women and mixed relays for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Team Nigeria began the competition on a good note with the…Team Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays, which began in Bahamas on Saturday.
Okezie ran an incredible 44.78 split leg to ensure the team grabbed the second automatic ticket behind USA in the 4x400m mixed relay. While the mixed relay team will be making an immediate return to the Olympics after appearing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the men’s 4x400m team will be competing for the first time since 2004 when the quartet of James Godday, Musa Audu, Saul Weigopwa and Enefiok Udo-Obong ran 3:00.90 to win the bronze medal in Athens, Greece, four years after winning gold in Sydney, Australia.
The women’s team led by Favour Ofili will run in the third heat of the repechage round with host, Bahamas, China and Brazil for the two automatic tickets on offer.
Ella Onojuvwevwo Mixed 4X400 Metres Relay Samuel Ogazi
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