Nigeria Pins Hope Of A Medal Finish On Relay Quartet As London 2017 Ends
The Nigerian contingent to the London 2017 IAAF Championship is yet to win a medal as the event draws to a close today.
With the last day of the competition at hand, Nigeria’s hopes of a podium finish rest solely on the shoulders of the women 4x400m quartet of Patience Okon-George, Yinka Ajayi, Emerald Egwim and Glory Onome.
The quartet, which ran a personal best time of 3:31:97 to qualify for the final, face stiff competition from favourites USA, Jamaica and host, Britain.Nigeria’s women 4x400m quartet are the last Nigerians standing in the quest for medals, as the
To pull off this miraculous feat, the duo of Okon-George and Ajayi would have to dig deep and pull off sub-51 runs.
The country’s athletes have fallen short at key moments with Blessing Okagbare unable to beat the competition in the long jump and the sprints. The female 4x100m team, a probable medal-finishing quartet, did not turn up on the track because there were not enough runners to form a team.
