• Ekevwo, Amusan jet in
13 athletes ended up still left out, as household-centered stars departed Lagos, yesterday, for Mauritius, location of the 22nd African Athletics Championships, which begins tomorrow.
Reigning African Online games 100m and 100m hurdles champions, Raymond Ekevwo and Tobiloba Amusan, are now in Mauritius just after competing at the Irena Szewinska Memorial, a Entire world Athletics Continental Gold Tour meet in Poland.
The dwelling-centered athletes, who educated at the Yaba College or university of Engineering, Lagos, left along with their coaches and officers of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).
An official of the crew instructed The Guardian shortly ahead of their departure that among the the athletes dropped had been large jumper Aya David, extensive jumper Tobechukwu Emmanuel, Fadekemi Olude (10k wander) and Osaretin Pleasure Usunbon (4x400m).
No motive was provided for the selection to fall the athletes.
On the other hand, The Guardian learnt that some of them had not performed their Out of Competition Assessments and the AFN did not want to take probabilities. Ekevwo is hoping to include the African Championship title to the African Games gold he gained three years back in Morocco, thus returning Nigeria to the leading of the podium 12 extensive yrs immediately after Olusoji Fasuba won in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The 23-calendar year old, who ran 9.96s to get the African Video games gold in 2019, is also hoping to operate speedier and crack compatriot, Seun Ogunkoya’s 9.94s Championship report established in Dakar, Senegal in 1998.
Amusan, on her part, is aiming at successfully defending the title she won 4 years in the past at the 21st edition of the championship in Asaba, Delta State in Nigeria.
The dash hurdler will also be aiming at the 12.77s championship document established by compatriot, Glory Alozie, in Dakar, Senegal in 1998. If she succeeds, the 24-12 months-aged would have broken three of the 4 records held by Alozie.
In 2019 Amusan ran 12.68s to crack Alozie’s African Games record and final calendar year she also dismantled the 12.44s African document her illustrious predecessor established in 1998 when she ran 12.42s to gain the sprint hurdles title at the Diamond League final.
The championship will serve as preparations for both equally the Planet Athletics Championship in Oregon, U.S., future month and the Commonwealth Game titles in Birmingham, which will also start out towards the conclusion of up coming thirty day period.
Nigeria positioned third on the medals desk at the 21st version of the championships with 9 gold, five silver and 6 bronze medals behind Kenya (11,6,2) and South Africa (9,14,8).
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