Nigeria, March 18 -- Team Nigeria made a strong start in the athletics competition at the African Games in Ghana.

All Nigerian athletes competing on Monday morning qualified for their respective events' next stage.

In the women's 100m heats, all three Nigerian runners advanced to the semi-finals.

Justina Eyakpobeyan led the pack at 11.43 seconds despite a slight headwind (-0.1 m/s).

Olajide Olayinka overcame a strong headwind (-2.4 m/s) to win her heat in 11.51 seconds, while Blessing Ogundiran secured the final qualifying spot in her heat with a time of 11.65 seconds (-2.3 m/s).

The men's 100m heats were equally successful for Nigeria. Usheoritse Itsekiri ran a season-best time of 10.19 seconds (-1.0 m/s) to finish second in his hea...