Holland-based Ituah Enahoro has won his first medal for Nigeria after his silver medal finish in the Pole Vault event at the ongoing African Junior Athletics Championship in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Competing for the first time for the country, Enahoro jumped 4.10metres which was his Personal Best to place second behind Tunisia’s Mejri Seifeddine who won the gold with a
jump of 4.40metres. In other events concluded on Saturday, Divine Oduduru and Victor Peka both of Nigeria qualified for the final of the boys 200metres to be decided today.
Oduduru won his semi-final in 20.86seconds, while Peka also won his semi-final in 21.70seconds. In the boys 110 hurdles, Ifeanyichukwu Atuma and Abdullahi Basiru made it to the final, winning their heats in 13.61 seconds and 13.71seconds respectively.
As at the time of going to press, Team Nigeria was topping the medal’s table with 11 medals made up of four gold, four silver and three bronze medals followed closely by Egypt with 10 medals, four gold, four silver and two bronze medals. The competition ends today in Ethiopia.
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