Nigerian athletes rose above the hardship they faced en route the competition by topping the medals table on day three, but they fell to the third spot yesterday. After capturing seven gold medals, including five in the sprint events to top the medals table on Day three, the Nigerians were overpowered by South Africa and Kenya when attention shifted to the decathlon, long jump and hurdles events. But as at the time of this report yesterday, Team Nigeria was still hopeful of over powering South Africa and Kenya on the medals table. In the female category, Nigeria’s Rosemary Chukwuma was expected to pick the 200m gold, just as Favour Ofili, who won the U-18 girls 400m earlier, was also expected to pick the 200m gold. Meanwhile, Nigerian athletes seem not bothered over the inability of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to pay them allowances at the competition.

Source: The Guardian April 20, 2019 04:30 UTC