They set a new Championship record time of 3:19.70.
The quartet of Johnson Nnamani, Imaobong Nse Uko, Opeyemi
Oke and Bamidele Ajayi also made history as the first winners of the event at
the World U20 Championship, 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 quartermile coming to the championship and the 17-year’old
didn’t disappoint as she handed over the baton to third leg runner, Oke in
first position.
Nse Uko has also qualified for the individual 400m final
scheduled for Saturday and stands as the favourite restore Nigeria as World U20
champions since Bisi Afolabi succeeded Fatimah Yusuf as queen of the
quartermile 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 Tuesday.
Oghenebrume ran 10.22 seconds to win his semifinal heat
while Ofoku was also first in her semifinal heat, clocking 11.57.
In the men’s javelin throw, Team Nigeria’s Chinecherem
Nnamdi threw a massive new personal best and Nigeria U20 record of 78.03 to
qualify for the final.
The 19-year-old 2019 African Games bronze medal winner added
almost 5cm to his previous best of 73.24m to jump to the queue as one of the
favourites for the gold medal.
Nigeria has not won a medal in the event at the World U20
Championship and Chinecherem could make history when the final is held on
Friday.
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