Team Nigeria produced another encouraging performance on Day 3 of the ongoing CAA African Senior Athletics Championships, with the men\u2019s 4x100m relay squad advancing to the final after taking control of their heat.<\/p>\n
Favour Ashe, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin and Chidera Ezeakor powered their way to 38.77 seconds, winning the heat convincingly ahead of Namibia and Zimbabwe, who placed second and third respectively.<\/p>\n
With sharp teamwork, smooth baton handovers and reliable top-end speed, the Nigerians sealed automatic qualification for the showpiece round, keeping their hopes of a podium finish firmly alive.<\/p>\n
In Heat 2, Ghana\u2019s foursome\u2014Edwin Gadayi, Joseph Amoah, Ibrahim Fuseini and Saminu Abdul-Rasheed\u2014won in 38.69 seconds. Botswana followed in second at 38.80, while Kenya completed the standings in third with 39.15.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Emmanuel Ojeli just missed out on a spot in the men\u2019s 400m final, though he delivered a performance that still drew positive attention at the championships.<\/p>\n
Having contested only three individual 400m races this season, Ojeli set a new personal best of 45.49 seconds in Ghana, a mark that underlines his steady rise as the campaign moves forward.<\/p>\n
Nigeria also secured representation in the women\u2019s high jump final, with two developing athletes, Clergy Edet and Treasure Omosivwe, set to carry the country\u2019s banner as they look to make their experience count.<\/p>\n
With Day 4 now on the horizon, Team Nigeria\u2019s focus turns to the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4x100m relay finals, with expectations high that medals are within reach in both races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Team Nigeria produced another encouraging performance on Day 3 of the ongoing CAA African Senior Athletics Championships, with the men\u2019s 4x100m relay squad advancing to the final after taking control of their heat. Favour Ashe, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin and Chidera Ezeakor powered their way to 38.77 seconds, winning the heat convincingly ahead of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"Nigeria 4x100m Relay Advances to African Champs Final","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Nigeria\u2019s 4x100m relay quartet storms into the African Champs final, clocking 38.77 to win their heat ahead of Namibia and Zimbabw","mma_seo_breadcrumb_text":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_url":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_hide_ui":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_labels":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n