The Nigerian men’s 4x400m quartet of Dubem Nwachukwu, Dubem Amene, Sikiru Adeyemi and Chidi Okezie put up a good performance at the 2024 World Relays, clocking a time of 3:01.70 to secure qualification for the Olympic Games.
Drawn against sprint and relay specialists, Jamaica and Belgium, Nigeria needed a top-2 finish to qualify for the Olympics.
Ogazi ran a tactical race despite overcoming a sluggish start to hand the baton in 2nd place to Onojuvwevwo who went close with USA’s Lynna Irby Jackson throughout the course of her race, then over to the reigning African Games 400m Champion, Okezie who overtook the lead from USA after going past Ryan Willie in the bend with fastest overall split of 44.78s.
