Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay team goes for another gold chase.
Clinch 2023 World Athletics Champs spot
By Rasheed Adewuyi
The Nigerian women’s 4x100m and mixed relay teams have qualified to compete at the 19th World Athletics Championships scheduled to hold in Budapest, Hungary, in August 2023.
The two relay teams secured their spots in Budapest following the revision of the qualification system by World Athletics.
This revision came about following the postponement of the World Athletics Relays, earlier scheduled in Guangzhou, China, from May 2023 to April 2025.
The decision to delay the World Athletics Relays impacts the qualification system for the relay events at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Before the revised qualification process, the first 12 teams from the 2023 World Relays would have qualified directly for the Budapest event, while the best-ranked teams filled the remaining four places at the end of the qualification period.
The revised qualification system will now have the top eight teams from July’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA. The top eight teams from the performance lists qualify for Budapest 2023.
The Nigerian 4x100m women’s relay team of Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favor Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha ran a then 42.22s African record to place fourth in the final.
In contrast, Nigeria’s men’s team suffered disqualification from the semifinal. The Nigerian mixed relay quartet of Samson Nathaniel, Imaobong Nse Uko, Dubem Amene, and Patience Okon George ran 3:16.21s to finish sixth in the final.
It will now be in Budapest next August. The men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams and the women’s 4x400m relay team will have to compete to be among the top eight teams from the performance lists to secure their passage to Budapest.
