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Ezekiel Asuquo spearheads 400m victories at MTN CHAMPS Grand Final
The penultimate day of the MTN CHAMPS Grand Final, held at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan, featured a series of thrilling performances, with multiple finals decided and medals awarded across track and field events
Ezekiel Asuquo spearheads 400m victories at MTN CHAMPS Grand Final
Akanimo Kufre
The penultimate day of the MTN CHAMPS Grand Final, held at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan, featured a series of thrilling performances, with multiple finals decided and medals awarded across track and field events.
In the Senior Men’s 400m, Ezekiel Asuquo of Team MTN lived up to expectations, claiming victory with a time of 46.60s, ahead of Benin Republic’s Jules Waiga (47.23s) and Wisdom Alexander (47.51s).
In the women’s event, Miracle Uwem Donald produced a personal best of 54.07s to secure gold, followed by Joy Ayomide (54.61s) and Adedoyin Adepoju (54.84s). The Junior Men’s 400m provided one of the closest races of the day, with David Dominion Udoh edging Ghana’s Kazali Iddrisu to retain the title for Nigeria, clocking a lifetime best of 46.62s, just ahead of Iddrisu’s 46.68s, while Tosin Esan finished third in 47.30s.
Treasure Okereke powered to gold in the Junior Women’s 400m with a time of 53.30s, ahead of Becky Ebiyade (53.89s) and Faith Ezechukwu (54.04s). In the 200m heats and semifinals, Ghana’s Marizuk Shaibu emerged as the fastest qualifier in the Senior Men’s semis, posting 21.05s, followed by Osama Chibueze (21.14s) and Enoch Adegoke (21.20s).
Taofikat Sulaimon led the way in the Senior Women’s semifinals, clocking 24.40s to narrowly edge Purpose Excellence Akinpelu (24.43s) and Ofure Johnbull (24.78s). Kazali Iddrisu returned to the track to post the fastest semifinal time of 21.30s in the Junior Men’s 200m, followed by Liberty Okon (PB 21.51s) and Paul Otagba (PB 21.55s). Chigozie Rosemary Nwankwo topped the Junior Women’s standings with 23.53s, narrowly ahead of Tejiri Ugoh (23.58s) and Mariam Jegede (23.74s).
In the field events, African bronze medallist Samuel Kure impressed in the men’s javelin, throwing 79.39m to claim victory ahead of Prosper Eguakun and Oluwatobiloba Bamidele. Gowon Oghenerunor secured gold in the Junior Men’s long jump with a best leap of 7.22m, while Olaoluwa Akindunbi and Mekioniso Messiah settled for silver and bronze respectively.
