This archive report was first published on 19 August 2021.
On August 19, 2021, Team Nigeria made history by winning the inaugural 4x400m mixed relay gold medal at the World Athletics U-20 Championship in Kenya.
The quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Nse Uko, Opeyemi Oke, and Bamidele Ajayi set a new championship record time of 3:19.70, beating Poland (3:19.80) and India (3:20.60).
Team Nigeria made one change to the quartet that ran a then-championship record of 3:21.66 in the semifinal by bringing in Nse Uko, the fastest girl in the quarter-mile coming to the championship.
Imaobong Nse Uko has also qualified for the individual 400m final scheduled for Saturday and stands as the favourite to restore Nigeria as World U-20 champions since Bisi Afolabi succeeded Fatimah Yusuf as queen of the quarter-mile in 1994 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Meanwhile, the duo of Godson Oghenebrume and Praise Ofokwu qualified for the 100m men and women's final scheduled for today.
Godson Oghenebrume ran 10.22 seconds to win his semifinal heat, while Praise Ofokwu was also first in her semifinal heat, clocking 11.57.
Chinecherem Nnamdi, a 19-year-old 2019 African Games bronze medal winner, threw a massive new personal best and Nigeria U20 record of 78.03 in the men's javelin throw, qualifying for the final.
