Team Nigeria will on Saturday, participate in its first final at 2024 Paris Olympics.
Gatekeepers News reports that the country’s representative, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, 31, will win a medal, if he emerges as one of the winners when he competes in men’s shot put final at Stade de France.
He got into final after throwing 21.13m in the second qualifying group on Friday.
Although his mark was below qualification standard of 21.35m, he progressed with ninth-best throw in final qualification list.
Enekwechi will be competing in the final at 6:35 pm.
Another representative, Rosemary Chukwuma, 23, will also run in women’s 100m semi-final later in the day.
She qualified for the semis after finishing third in heat five of the event’s round one.
The competition seems though as she would compete against three of the fastest women in the world.
Chukwuma’s three opponents are US’s Sha’Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, and St Louis’s Julian Alfred.
The duo; Favour Ashe and Kanyinsola Ajayi will start their competition in the men’s 100m.
They will file out for round one of the race around 11 am.
Early in the day, Adaku Nwandu, 16, will represent Nigeria in women’s 50m freestyle swimming by 10 am.
This is the schedule for team Nigeria for day eight:
Swimming
Adaku Nwandu
Women’s 50m freestyle
10 am
Athletics
Favour Ashe and Kanyinsola Ajayi
Men’s 100m first round
10:55 am
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
Men’s shot put final
6:15 pm
Rosemary Chukwuma
Women’s 100m semi-final
6:50
