Nigeria’s 110m hurdlers made a clean
sweep of the medals in the event on
Wednesday night, leaving their
Algerian, South African and Malian
rivals trailing in their wake on Day
Four of competition at the African
Senior Championships in Marrakech,
Morocco.
National champion, Tyron Akins
confirmed his status as the athlete to
beat as he claimed his first African
title in his debut outing at the
championships, and only his second for
Nigeria, with 13.57s. This follows his
participation at the Commonwealth
games where he just missed out on the
Finals. He came to Marrakech as No.3
on the African list for 2014 but
upstaged the rest of the field to clinch
the title. The last time Nigeria won the
110m hurdles was in 1996 when
national record holder in the event,
William Erese mounted the podium in
Yaounde, Cameroun!
Another new Nigerian athlete, Alex Al-
Ameen, who was Nigeria’s No.2 from the
National Trials, won silver in 13.78s.
He came to the championship as the
continent’s 2nd fastest athlete this
year, behind Algeria’s Lyes Mokddel
who competed in the heats but didn’t
show up for the final. Al-Ameen
competed in the Commonwealth Games
and put up an impressive performance
to get to the final of the event where he
finished in seventh.
The only home-based athlete amongst
them and Nigeria’s No.3, Martins
Ogierakhi clocked 13.80s to secure the
bronze medal. Ogierakhi holds the top
position on the home front as he won
all legs of the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria (AFN) Golden League and was
one of the winners of the much
anticipated N2million jackpot. He is
also the winner of the last three
editions for the National Sports Festival
in Nigeria, which will be opened to
foreign-based Nigerians for the very
first time this year! He’ll have his
hands full this time around with Akins
and Al-Ameen in the mix!
Unfortunately, only Akins will fly
Nigeria’s flag at the forthcoming IAAF
Continental Cup, which incidentally
holds in Marrakech, as only two
athletes represent the continent in each
event, and they cannot be from the
same country!
sweep of the medals in the event on
Wednesday night, leaving their
Algerian, South African and Malian
rivals trailing in their wake on Day
Four of competition at the African
Senior Championships in Marrakech,
Morocco.
National champion, Tyron Akins
confirmed his status as the athlete to
beat as he claimed his first African
title in his debut outing at the
championships, and only his second for
Nigeria, with 13.57s. This follows his
participation at the Commonwealth
games where he just missed out on the
Finals. He came to Marrakech as No.3
on the African list for 2014 but
upstaged the rest of the field to clinch
the title. The last time Nigeria won the
110m hurdles was in 1996 when
national record holder in the event,
William Erese mounted the podium in
Yaounde, Cameroun!
Another new Nigerian athlete, Alex Al-
Ameen, who was Nigeria’s No.2 from the
National Trials, won silver in 13.78s.
He came to the championship as the
continent’s 2nd fastest athlete this
year, behind Algeria’s Lyes Mokddel
who competed in the heats but didn’t
show up for the final. Al-Ameen
competed in the Commonwealth Games
and put up an impressive performance
to get to the final of the event where he
finished in seventh.
The only home-based athlete amongst
them and Nigeria’s No.3, Martins
Ogierakhi clocked 13.80s to secure the
bronze medal. Ogierakhi holds the top
position on the home front as he won
all legs of the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria (AFN) Golden League and was
one of the winners of the much
anticipated N2million jackpot. He is
also the winner of the last three
editions for the National Sports Festival
in Nigeria, which will be opened to
foreign-based Nigerians for the very
first time this year! He’ll have his
hands full this time around with Akins
and Al-Ameen in the mix!
Unfortunately, only Akins will fly
Nigeria’s flag at the forthcoming IAAF
Continental Cup, which incidentally
holds in Marrakech, as only two
athletes represent the continent in each
event, and they cannot be from the
same country!
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