Olaniyi Victoria Blazes to Personal Best in Semifinal Showdown, Sets Stage for Electric Women’s 400m Final

Olaniyi Victoria Blazes to Personal Best in Semifinal Showdown, Sets Stage for Electric Women’s 400m Final

Edo’s Olaniyi Victoria Ayomid announced herself as the woman to beat in the women’s 400m event, clocking a sensational personal best of 54.17 seconds to dominate Semifinal 3 at the ongoing national athletics championships. The race was one of the most fiercely contested of the day, as Rivers’ Happy Rasheed chased hard with an impressive 54.49, and Lagos’ Miracle Uwem Donald stayed in the mix with 54.51, proving just how tight the margins are amo…

Badmus, Okon-George, others qualify for 400m final on Day 3 of Athletics at NSF in Abeokuta

The halfway mark (Day 3) of the Athletics competition at the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, witnessed less array of events compared to the first two days, with the men’s 400m semifinals being the major highlight. Gafar Badmus (Ogun) stormed to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 45.65s to dominate the men’s 400m semifinals ahead of Victor Sampson (Akwa Ibom) who also clocked a PB of 45.99s, and Rivers’ Emmanuel Ojeli (46.05s). The…