Nigeria’s Chidi Okezie received gold medal within the males’s 400m with a private greatest time of 45.06s on the African Video games on Wednesday evening.
It was the quickest time by a Nigerian athlete in 9 years.
Okezie defeated one of many world’s quickest males, Muzala Samukonga of Zambia, who clocked 45.37s for silver, whereas Diouf Cheick Tidiane of Senegal was third in 45.49s.
Elo Joseph settled for silver medal within the girls’s 800m with a brand new private better of 51.64s.
It was her first main championship for Nigeria.
