Ofili Inspires Nigeria To Gold In Women’s 4x400m
Favour Ofili ensured that she left Nairobi with three medals after she anchored Team Nigeria, represented by Opeyemi Oke, Imaobong Nse Uko and Ella Onojuwvevo to win Gold in the Women’s 4x400m event at the World U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ofili, who had earlier in the day helped the women’s 4x100m team win Bronze, came out powering strong in the first 300m. Although she looked spent over the home straight, she was able to bring home the baton for Nigeria in a World U20 Lead of 3:31.46.
Nigeria’s challenge did not start perfectly as Opeyemi Oke ran a 54.23s opener, while Annalee Robinson ran a sensational 53.86 to give Jamaica the lead.
However, it was Nse Imaobong, the individual Gold medallist over the 400m, who ran a controlled race to take the lead for Nigeria going into the third leg. Ella Onojuwvevo opened up some distance on the third leg, with Ofili putting the icing on the cake. in the final leg to take the win.
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