African Games: Nigeria’s relay teams dominate with double gold medal ahead of Ghana

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Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka, and Fore Abinusawa combined brilliantly with Amusan to secure the gold medal. Liberia, despite qualifying fastest, and Ghana who had the home crowd behind them were no match for the powerful Nigerian quartet.While some had tipped the Ghana team for gold in the men’s race, it ended in Nigeria’s favour as the men’s 4x100m team stormed to victory in 38.41 seconds.With the double relay gold, Team Nigeria harvested four gold medals from athletics on Wednesday as the country continues to hold tight to the second position on the overall medals table.

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