South African athletes yesterday finished on high
as they swept the medals table of the African
Championships in Durban raking 16 gold medals.
Kenya followed up with nine gold medals, while
Nigeria could only rake in four gold medals to
place a distant third on the log. This performance
by Team Nigeria left a sour taste in the mouth
of athletics enthusiasts who came to the
conclusion that something drastic must be done
to reposition Nigeria in the sport.
“It is really sad that we have slipped further
down. But we have a lot of talents. I pray that
GOD will really help us.
“I really pity the poor athletes because they’re
the people suffering it,” African 100m hurdles
record holder Glory Alozie stated.
Also hurdles coach Solomon Aliu stated that
there should be a stakeholders meet to address
issues affecting Nigerian athletics. “There must
be a way out of this mess.”
In yesterday’s concluding events, Nigerian
athletes settled for silver. In the women 400m
hurdles Tameka Jameson was beaten to the
second place by Kenya’s Maureen Jelegat with a
56.1 seconds run, Jameson posted 57.2 seconds,
Doreen Amata was outclassed by Seychelles’
Lissa Labiche who leapt 1.85m in the women
high jump. Amata jumped 1.82m. Cameroon’s
Sally Auriol with 17.64m denied Nigerian duo
Nwanneka Okwelogu and Chioma Onyekwere
who threw 17.07m and 15.71m respectively.
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