Team Nigeria dominated the women’s 100m finals at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) U-18 and U-20 Championships in Abeokuta.
In the U-18 category, Miracle Ezechukwu claimed gold with 11.88s, Rosemary Nwankwo took silver in 11.96s, and Miriam Jegede secured bronze at 12.20s, completing a clean sweep for Nigeria.
In the U-20 women’s 100m, Chioma Nweke won gold in 11.65s, while Success Oyibu clocked 11.78s for silver. Lou Yonan Chantal of Côte d’Ivoire took bronze with 11.87s.
In the U18 men’s 100 metres final, South Africa’s Mukona Manavhela 10:61s and Jayden Fourie 10:76s won gold and silver medals respectively just as Nigeria’s Clifford Igbigbidje 10:89 took the bronze.
The other two Nigerians in the boys U-18 100m final; Destiny Egbon and Adeola Adeniji finished fifth and 6th respectively.
In the U-20 finals, John Caleb also secured the bronze medal with a time of 10.61s behind Clinton Owatinya and Letebele Karabo of South Africa who secured the first and second position with a race time of 10.42s and 10.54s respectively.
Nigeria also won the 4x400m mixed relay event of the U-20 category.
The excited trio of the Ezechukwu, Nwankwo and Jegede dedicated their achievements to the Nigerian spectators who cheered them on during the encounter.
