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NEWS and REPORTS => Nigerian News => Topic started by: Mirror on Jun 20, 2013, 10:31 PM

Title: Egwero regains sprint title
Post by: Mirror on Jun 20, 2013, 10:31 PM
National sprinter, Ogho-Oghene lived up to expectation as the championship favourite to regain the 100m title he lost to Obinna Metu last year.

The 2009 National Sports Festival champion has won every race he participated in at the ongoing AFN/CRS All-Nigeria Athletics  Championship so it was no surprise that he emerged the fastest man in Nigeria.

Only last week he cruised his way into qualifying for the IAAF World Championships billed to hold in Moscow, Russia in August, with a time of 10.16secs.

Delta State athlete, Seye  Ogunlewe followed in 10.40secs while third position was reserved for Jonathan Nmaju of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

In other events, Tosin Oke added one more crown to his national titles in the men's triple jump with a leap of 19.64m. Next to him was  Olamigoke Olumide (16.16m) while Olajide Abiola placed third. African Youth Athletics Champion, Fabian Edoki was fourth. Oke is the reigning African and Commonwealth champion  needs a jump of 17.20m or at least 16.85m to make it to Moscow.

The 10,000m event was dominated by four-time Obudu Mountain Race national champion, Janet Dung who led the pack in the 25-lap race.  The Plateau State indigene led with a time of 37:22. 02. Iwanger Akaha

National Mirror