Team Nigeria won a gold and bronze medal on the final day to cap up a remarkable performance at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nigeria finished the Championships 3rd on the medals table among the 200 competing countries.
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The 4×400 Metres and 4×100 Metres women relay teams accounted for the final day medals that increased Nigeria’s haul to 4 Gold and 3 Bronze medals.
Nigeria’s former international athlete, Olympic medalist and now special adviser to the Sports Minister, Mary Onyali described Team Nigeria’s performance as a sign of great things to come.
Onyeali says There are so many reasons to celebrate what Team Nigeria achieved in Kenya when you look at the tones of national and African records broken and set by our team.
Onyeali observed that, these are signs that Nigeria’s future in bright in athletics.she insists that nigeria needs a solid foundation to build an enduring and fruitful future for athletics
The next World Athletics U20 Championships holds in Colombia next year.
