Four of the seven medals won by the Nigerian athletes were gold.
The quartet of Opeyemi Oke, Imaobong Nse Uko, Ella Onojuvwevwo and Favour Ofili with a time of 3:31:46secs secured what was the country’s fourth overall gold medal.
The gold for Uko was her third following earlier winning feats in the Mixed Relays and the 400m individual events. In the men’s 4x400m race, Nigeria finished just outside the medal zone in fourth position behind Botswana, Jamaica and Kenya in that order.Earlier in the day, Ezekiel Nathaniel ran the race of his life; breaking the 50 seconds barrier for the first time in his career in the 400m hurdles event but it was not enough for a podium finish.Turkish athlete Berkem Akcam claimed the gold with a time of 49.
The Women’s Long Jump also failed to produce any medal as Nigeria’s Ruth Agadama finished in 8th place with her best leap of 6.24m which she jumped on her 2nd attempt.
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