By Abdulrahman Yahaya
Team Nigeria won another gold at the ongoing Senior Athletic Championships in Accra, Ghana.
The quartet of Rosemary Chigozie, Jennifer Obi Chukwuka, Rosemary Chukwuma and Miracle Ezechukwu won gold in the women’s 4×100m after clocking a time of 42.94s.
The ladies came faster than Liberia in 2nd and host Ghana in 3rd.
In the men’s 4×100m, Nigeria’s quartet of Favor Ashe, James Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin and Chidera Ezeakor clocked a time of 38.70s to finish 2nd, bagging a silver medal.
They finish behind Ivory Coast who clocked a time of 38.52s to win gold.
The team is still in position for more medals as Nnamdi Adeboye Onweaze qualified for the men’s 110m Hurdles final.
Onweaze will compete for the final on Saturday after clocking a time of 14.09s to finish behind Senegal’s Louis Mendy who won in a time of 13.65s.
The 24th Senior Athletic Championships started on the 12 of May and will end on 17 of May.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Joseph Edeh
