At the end of the third day of action, Nigeria and Jamaica are tied on the medals table
Nigeria added another medal to their total haul at the ongoing World Athletics U20 Championship in Nairobi.on the opening day of action in Kenya, Chinecherem Nnamdi clinched Nigeria’s second medal; winning a bronze medal in men’s Javelin event.
The feat by Nnamdi is quite heartwarming as he is the first Nigerian athlete in 19 years to win a Field event medal at the Championships since Esther Aghatise in the Long Jump in 2002.The youngster will hope to improve on his skills even in a better environment now that he has been signed by Baylor University in the United States.
In the women’s Long Jump, Ruth Agadama, with a distance of 6.06m, qualified for the final coming on Sunday.It was completely different for Esther Osisike in the Women’s Discus event where she finished 11th with a 1st round best attempt of 44.68m which wasn’t enough to get her to the final rounds
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