“The ECOWAS race is an excellent platform for our athletes to showcase their talent,” remarked Steve Nuhu, the club’s coordinator and a mentor to numerous long-distance runners in Nigeria.
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Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s queen of the tracks and Women’s hurdles world record-holder has dismissed a doping rule violation charge levelled on her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
The Minister said: “We are putting our best foot forward and we decided that based on limited resources and very scientific analysis, we would want to leverage on the sports in which we have our sports men and women amongst the top 10 or 15 in the world.
Damilola Olujide, Media Coordinator for MultiChoice Nigeria, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
This was revealed by the Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee, Dr. Ademola Are, on Sunday.
Lopez Lomong surged to the lead with 450 meters to go and won a sluggish 10,000 meters in 29 minutes 49.03 seconds as the United States dominated the opening day of the North American, Central American and Caribbean championships on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ogunlewe qualified for the final despite finishing third in his semi-final, while Adegoke won his semi-final and qualified automatically.
Farah won a sprint to the finish line in the London district of Greenwich, ahead of Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, winner of last year’s London marathon, with Scot Callum Hawkins in third.
According to the organizers, the championship is one of the series of tournaments under the Lagos International Sports Classics, which has hosted and is still hosting tournaments in table tennis, badminton, taekwondo, swimming, golf among others
He added: “Since we control it more than most sports, we have more scandals and more people caught