Mobil Track and Field Championship: No surprises yet
By Tunde Eleduni
July 23, 2009 02:41PMT
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ABUJA - The sprint event of the Mobil Track and Field Championship taking place in Abuja saw Blessing Okagbare leads the trail of other qualifiers in the women 100m when she ran 11.38, to lead other qualifiers.
Other qualifiers include Damola Osayemi, Agnes Osasuwa, Halimat Ismaila, Gloria Kemasode amongst others.
The heats sprung no surprises as all stars strolled into the next round.
Similarly, all the top contenders in the men 100m made it to the next round: Olusoji Fasuba, Obinna Metu, Ngwogwu Onyeabor, Ogho-Oghene Egwero won their races, with Onyeabor posting the fastest time of the heat, 10.42 sec.
In the field event that was decided this morning Kenneth Ndubueze came first, with a throw of 66.47m, followed by Friday Osayande who threw a distance of 66.30 to place second, Kingsley Igbimosu 62.33 made him the second runner up of the event.
In the other track final that took place, Danjuma Kopkudi won the 10,000m event in a not too impressive time of 31.17.01 secs.
but there are some beasts there in Nigeria and I’m assuming this report refers to the men’s discus chuck.