AFN still hopeful of medals, says Onikeku

Ogazi leads the 4×400m relay against France, Italy, Spain, and others today

Team Nigeria’s hope of getting to the podium in both men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams was dashed, yesterday, as they crashed out in their semifinal races at Stade de France.
 

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team is expected to be one of the three automatic qualifiers from the second semifinal today to qualify for the final of the event.
 

South Africa, 2:59.76, and Belgium, 2:59.84, are the two nations who have broken three minutes this year with the South Africans parading three athletes who have broken 45 seconds this year and another just outside 44 seconds, while the Belgians, like Nigeria, have two athletes who have ran inside 45 seconds.

Host country, France (3:00.77SB), Italy (3:00.81SB), and Spain (3:01.44SB) will also battle Nigeria for the automatic tickets on offer.
 
The Nigerians hold a personal season’s best of 3:01.70, their fastest in recent time.

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