Brume, Ogunlewe, Amusan, Enekwechi Make AFN List For African Athletics Championships
Reigning African champions, Tobiloba Amusan (100m hurdles), Ese Brume (Long Jump), Chioma Onyekwere (Discus Throw), Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (Shot Put), and former national champion, Seye Ogunlewe top the list of 54 athletes that will represent Nigeria at the 22nd African Athletics Championships scheduled for June 8 and 12, 2022 in Mauritius.
Amusan will be competing in two individual events and the 4x100m relay. She will also compete in the women’s 100m alongside Godbless Seikeseye and Praise Ofoku, as well as in the 100m hurdles where she will be defending the title she first won in Asaba four years ago at the 21st edition of the championships.
Similarly, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, Ese Brume is staying hopeful for a fourth straight long jump title after winning in 2014, 2016 and 2018 while Onyekwere will be seeking her second Discus title after clinching the gold medal four years ago in Asaba.
Shot Putter, Enekwechi will also be defending the event’s title he won in Asaba with a new 21.08m Championships record.
Also on the list are Orobosa Frank who is the top-ranked African so far this year in the women’s Shot Put with her 17.21m effort at the AFN All-Comers competition in Benin in March; Oyesade Olatoye in the women’s Hammer throw; Fadekemi Olude in the women’s 10km walk; as well as Patience Okon George, bronze medal winner in the 400m event in 2014.
For the men, reigning African Games 100 champion, Raymond Ekevwo, will lead Seye Ogunlewe and Nicholas Mabilo as Nigeria will be seeking to return to the podium as champions 12 long years after Olusoji Fasuba was crowned the African speed king for the third straight time.
AFN Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku, said the athletes have been carefully selected based on their performances in both the local and international athletics circuit.
“Some of our student-athletes in the United States like Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Imaobong Uko, Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Alaba Akintola, and Nnamdi Prosper have qualified for the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships scheduled to hold in Eugene, Oregon, USA between June 8 and 11, 2022, and will thus not be available for the African Athletics Championships, hence the decision to pick the bulk of the team from athletes based at home,” said Onikeku who gave assurance that the athletes selected would do the nation proud in Mauritius.
Nigeria tops the all-time medal table with a total of 368 medals made up of 155 gold, 122 silver, and 91 bronze medals.
At the 21st edition in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria won a total of 20 medals made up of nine gold, five silver and six bronze medals to finish third on the medals table behind Kenya and South Africa.
Complete List Of Nigerian Athletes
WOMEN 100M
Godbless Tima Seikeseye
Praise Ofoku
Tobi Amusan
WOMEN 200M
Praise Idamadudu
Godbless Tima Seikeseye
WOMEN 400M
Patience Okon
Praise Idamadudu
Opeyemi Oke
WOMEN 100M HURDLES
Tobi Amusan
Miracle Thompson
Joy Abu
WOMEN 400M HURDLES
Abasiano Akpan
Sarah Ochigbo
WOMEN HEPTATHLON
Kemi Francis
WOMEN 10KM RACEWALK
Fadekemi Olude
WOMEN DISCUS
Choima Onyekwere
Obiageri Amechi
Princess Kara
WOMEN SHOT PUT
Anabel Orobosa
Sade Olatoye
WOMEN HAMMER
Sade Olatoye
Queen Obisesan
WOMEN HIGH JUMP
Temitope Adesina
WOMEN TRIPLE JUMP
Mercy Honesty
Onara Obamuwagun
WOMEN LONG JUMP
Ese Brume
Ruth Agadama
WOMEN 4X100M
Godbless Tima Seikeseye
Tobi Amusan
Praise Ofoku
Ese Brume
Ruth Agadama
Yakubu Bilikis
Joy Abu
WOMEN 4X400M
Patience Okon
Ella Onojuvwewo
Opeyemi Deborah Oke
Praise Idamadudu
Osunobun Queen
Osaretin Joy Usunbor
Joy Abu
MEN 100M
Seye Ogunlewe
Raymond Ekewvwo
Nicholas Mabilo
MEN 200M
Fakorede Nicholas Adekalu
Chidi Okezie
MEN 400M
Samson Nathaniel
Adeyemi Sikiru
Chidera Johnson
MEN 110M HURDLES
Prosper Ekporere
Abejoye Oyeniyi
Alex Al-Ameen
MEN 400M HURDLES
Rilwan Alowonle
MEN DECATHLON
Osadolor Samuel
MEN DISCUS
Ugeoke Vicent
MEN JAVELIN
Adams Kure Samuel
MEN SHOT PUT
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
Dotun Ogundeji
MEN LONG JUMP
Tobechukwu Emmanuel
Nwokpcha Ineh Emmanuel Oritsemeyiwa
MEN TRIPLE JUMP
Kalu Chidozie Ikenga
MEN HIGH JUMP
David Aya
MEN 4X100M
Seye Ogunlewe
Raymond Ekwevwo
Oghene Ogho Egwero
Fakorede Nicholas Adekalu
Mabilo Nicholas
Karlington Anunagba
4X400M
Samson Nathaniel
Adewale Sikiru
Nnamani Johnson
Chidera Ayo
Toritseju Adeola
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli
Chidi Okezie
4X400M MIXED RELAY
Nathaniel Samson
Ifeanyi Ojeli
Sikiru Adeyemi
Patience Okon
Opeyemi Oke
Idamadudu Praise
