Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has won the men’s Shot Put event at the 2024 Memorial Josefa Odlozila in Czech Republic, throwing 21.53 meters on his fifth try.
He beat the field by almost a metre, finishing ahead of Egyptians Mostafa Amr Hassan, who threw 20.58 meters and Mohammed Khalifa with 19.98 meters.
Usheoritse Itsekiri has broken 10 seconds for the first time in his career, running 9.97 seconds (+2.1) to win the men’s 100 meters race event at the 2024 Royal City Inferno Festival.
It won’t count as a Personal Best (PB) because the wind reading was a tad above the allowable of 2.0m/s. Surely, sub-10 is in the books for Dushos.
He defeated Eliezer Adjibi who ran 9.98 seconds, while Duan Asemota finished third in 10.06 seconds.
Team Nigeria has topped the final medals table emerging overall champion of the CAA Region II Senior Championship at the Athletics Championships Accra 2024.
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Vincent Ugwoke has won the men’s discus throw event at the 2024 USF Invitational in South Florida, with a Personal Best (PB) of 59.76 meters.
He is making a return from injury, and on this outing, he built nicely into the competition, nailing his best mark on his final throw.
Chase Edwards was a far second with 50.21 meters and Travis Roux third with 49.42 meters.
Favour Ofili has won the women’s 200 meters race event at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational in Florida clocking a time of 22.33 seconds (1.4).
She defeated Anavia Battle who came through in 22.56 seconds and Ida Karstoft in a new National Record of 22.60 seconds.
She qualifies for the Paris 2024 Olympics. It’s her fastest time outdoors since 2022.
Nathaniel Ezekiel has set a new national record of 48.29 seconds to win the men’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational in Florida.
Erhire Best has won the men’s high jump event at the 2024 Tom Jones Invitational, clearing a Season’s Best (SB) of 2.21 meters.
He beat Riyon Rankin on countback, having needed just one attempt to clear the winning mark while Rankin took three tries. BJ Jennings was third with 2.13 meters.