Team Nigeria have secured the Mixed 4×400m and the women’s 4×100m spots at the World Championships in Beijing, on the final day of the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Botswana.
The Nigerian Mixed 4×400m quartet of Samson Nathaniel, Taiwo Kudoro, Chidi Okezie and Patience Okon-George put up a top performance, running a Season’s Best of 3:12.88 to finish second, earning automatic qualification.
Nigeria bagged another qualification when the quartet of Rosemary Nwankwo, Obi Jennifer Chukwuka, Maria Thompson, Miracle Ezechukwu clocked a time of 42.94s to finish 2nd in the women’s 4×100m category.
The ladies had missed out automatic qualification on the first day of the relay after a botched baton exchange, but came back better only second to France in the repechage heat.
The Nigerian team couldn’t secure qualification in the men’s 4×400 repechage, missing out in 3rd place with a time of 3:01.43.
The team have secured 3 out of a possible 6 tickets at the World Relay Championship in Gaborone, Botswana.
Making of champions/NAN.
