Udodi Onwuzurike
26 Aug
After a near-disastrous outing at Tokyo Olympics three years ago, Nigeria’s junior athletes brought relief to the country by putting up outstanding performances at the World U-20 Athletics Championships
7 Aug
• After Barcelona ‘92, Onwuzurike seeks to end Nigeria’s wait for 200m final Women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobiloba Amusan, will begin her bid to add an Olympic title to the world title that she won two years ago in Oregon, USA, in lane nine of the first heat of the first round as…
15 Jun
United States-based sprinter, Udodi Onwuzurike and many other athletes, including Godson Brume, Tima Godbless and thrower Chinecherem Nnamdi, will storm the ancient city of Benin, Edo State, today ahead the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) National Trials starting tomorrow.
14 May
After missing the World Relays in Bahamas, Godson Brume fulfilled expectations at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Florida, where he ran inside 10 seconds (9.99sec) for the first time this season to book his ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics.
2 May
United States-based Nigerian sprinters, Udodi Onwuzurike, Alaba Akintola and Chidi Okezie, as well as the home-based members of the contingent, are expected to arrive in the Bahamas today for the two-day World Relays, which begins on Saturday.
29 Apr
With the outdoor athletics season in full swing, the Nigerian trio of Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike and Godson Oghenebrume will be keen to repeat the history they made on the track last year when, for the first time in history, three Nigerian sprinters broke 10 seconds in the 100m event.
23 Apr
The World Relays in Bahamas presents Team Nigeria another opportunity to qualify its relay teams for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is not leaving anything to chance.
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