African Games: Four Nigerian sprinters breeze into 100m finals
Nigeria, March 19 -- Nigerian athletes continued their impressive showing at the African Games, with a quartet of sprinters booking their places in the highly anticipated 100m finals on Monday.
Ekanem in the first men's 100m semi-final was businesslike in his approach; storming to victory in 10.37 seconds to secure his spot in the final alongside Ghanaian runner Aggerh Barnabas (10.42 seconds).
The third semi-final was a tense affair, requiring multiple callbacks before Usheoritse Itsekiri was declared the winner.
Itsekiri displayed remarkable composure, clocking an impressive 10.29 seconds with a headwind of -2.1 m/s to automatically qualify for the final.
Like Nigeria, host Ghana also had two runners qualify for the 100m men's final...
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