• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Leadership News
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • NewsLatest
    • World News
    • ASUU News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Others
    • How-to
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Podcast
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NewsLatest
    • World News
    • ASUU News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Others
    • How-to
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Podcast
No Result
View All Result
Leadership News
No Result
View All Result
Home Sports

AFN Lists Amusan, Brume, 51 Others For 2022 African Athletics Championships

by Our Correspondent
1 month ago
in Sports
0
AFN
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on TwitterTelegram

Four reigning African champions, Tobi Amusan (100m hurdles), Ese Brume (Long Jump), Chioma Onyekwere (Discus Throw) and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (Shot Put) top the list of 54 athletes that will represent Nigeria at the 22nd African Athletics Championships scheduled to hold between June 8 and 12, 2022 in Mauritius.

Amusan will be competing in two individual events and the 4x100m relay. She has been listed to compete in the women’s 100m alongside Godbless Tima Seikeseye and Praise Ofoku as well as in the 100m hurdles where she will be defending the title she first won in Asaba four years ago at the 21st edition of the Championships.
Long jumper Ese Brume will be gunning for her fourth straight long jump title after winning in 2014, 2016 and 2018 while Onyekwere will be seeking her second Discus title after winning the gold medal four years ago in Asaba.

Shot Putter, Enekwechi will also be defending the event’s title he won in Asaba with a new 21.08m Championships record.
Also on the list are Orobosa Anabel Frank who is the top ranked African so far this year in the women’s Shot Put with her 17.21m effort at the AFN All Comers competition in Benin in March, Oyesade Olatoye in the women’s Hammer throw, Fadekemi Olude in the women’s 10km walk as well as Patience Okon George, bronze medal winner in the 400m event in 2014.

For the men, reigning African Games 100 champion, Raymond Ekevwo will lead Seye Ogunlewe and Nicholas Mabilo as Nigeria will be seeking to return to the podium as champions 12 long years after Olusoji Fasuba was crowned the African speed king for the third straight time.
AFN Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku says the athletes have been carefully selected based on their performances in both the local and international athletics circuit.
‘Some of our student athletes in the United States of America like Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Imaobong Nse Uko, Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Alaba Akintola and Nnamdi Prosper have qualified for the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships scheduled to hold in Eugene, Oregon, USA between June 8 and 11, 2022 and will thus not be available for the African Athletics Championships hence the decision to pick the bulk of the team from athletes based at home,’ said Onikeku.
who assured the athletes selected will still do the nation proud in Mauritius.

Nigeria won a total of 20 medals made up of nine gold, five silver and six bronze medals to finish third in the medal table behind Kenya and South Africa at the 21st edition held in Asaba, Delta.
The country however tops the all-time medal table with a total of 368 medals made up of 155 gold, 122 silver and 91 bronze medals.

RELATED

EPL: Erikson Agrees To Join Manchester United

EPL: Erikson Agrees To Join Manchester United

15 hours ago
Arsenal Jesus

EPL: Arsenal FC Confirm Gabriel Jesus Transfer

16 hours ago
Tags: African Athletics Championships
SendShareTweetShare
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

Monkeypox: Desist From ‘Bushmeat’, Federal Govt Tells Nigerians

Next Post

Para Sports Federations: NAPHER-SD Urged To Throw Elections Open

ANOTHER GOOD READ

EPL: Erikson Agrees To Join Manchester United
Sports

EPL: Erikson Agrees To Join Manchester United

15 hours ago
Arsenal Jesus
Sports

EPL: Arsenal FC Confirm Gabriel Jesus Transfer

16 hours ago
Morocco 2022: Super Falcons, Banyana Lock Horns In Rabat
Sports

Morocco 2022: Super Falcons, Banyana Lock Horns In Rabat

20 hours ago
CAF
Sports

JUST-IN: CAF Postpones 2023 AFCON To 2024

1 day ago
EPL: Everton Join Race To Sign Lingard
Sports

NPFL: Plateau United Upbeat On Clash Against Lobi Stars

2 days ago
Buhari Hails Dare @56, Says He Has Transformed Sports To Viable Revenue Earner
Sports

Nigeria, Portugal Sign MoUs On Sports, Youth Development

2 days ago
Next Post
NAPHER-SD

Para Sports Federations: NAPHER-SD Urged To Throw Elections Open

LATEST UPDATES

PPP SGF

Nigeria Needs Vibrant PPP Framework For Infrastructure Transformation – SGF

July 5, 2022
Customs

Customs Intercepts Smuggled Rice, 266,000 Litres Of Petrol Worth N7.12bn

July 5, 2022
PDP Ebonyi

Ebonyi PDP Suspends Chairman Over Alleged Misconduct

July 5, 2022
Minister

Minister Orders Equity In Unity Schools’ Admission

July 5, 2022
NECO

No Examination Fixed On Sallah Day – NECO

July 5, 2022
NAOWA

NAOWA Sensitises IDPs On Family Planning

July 5, 2022
Federal

Alleged N130m Fraud: Federal Govt Files Criminal Charge Against Firm’s MD

July 5, 2022
Ukraine

Ukraine War: Federal Govt To Absorb Returnee Students Into Shut Varsities

July 5, 2022

© 2022 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • World News
    • ASUU News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Others
    • How-to
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Podcast

© 2022 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.