Nigeria, May 25 -- The National Sports Festival produced fireworks on the track as Chidera Ezeakor and Kate Odumoso delivered gold medal performances in the men's and women's 100 meters finals, respectively.

In the men's final held on Saturday, Ezeakor of Edo State stormed across the finish line in 10.27 seconds to secure the national title, despite a slight headwind of -0.2 m/s.

Ezeakor edged out his Edo teammate Enoch Adegoke, who clocked 10.34 seconds. Taiwo James Emmanuel of Rivers State followed closely with a time of 10.43 seconds, while Caleb Temidara John of Ogun finished just behind in 10.48 seconds.

Favour Ashe who was widely tipped to win the 100m men's gold for Team Delta was controversially disqualified for a false start....