Nigeria’s mixed 4x400m relay team faces uphill task today

WA rules out medals for Anumba, Amaechi, Onyekwere in discuss

What appears an uphill task awaits Nigeria’s mixed 4x400m relay team today, in its bid to make an appreciable impact at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics.The Nigerians will compete in the second semifinal heat for one of the three automatic qualification tickets with Great Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, Ireland and Dominican Republic.

Nigeria is one of only two countries after the USA to register three athletes for the Discuss throw event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The trio of African Athletics Championships’ queen, Ashley Anumba, reigning African Games champion, Obiageri Pamela Amaechi and reigning Commonwealth Games champion and African record holder, Chioma Onyekwere, will be making history in Paris as the first trio that will be competing at the Games in the Discus event for the first time-ever.
 
The first and the last time Nigeria made an appearance in the event at the Games was in 2016 when Chinwe Okoro failed to make it out of the qualifying stage.
According to sportsnow.com, the same fate that befell Okoro has been predicted for the trio of Anumba, Amaechi and Onyekwere.
They sprang a surprise two years ago at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
 
Amaechi tops the African list for the event with the 63.17m lifetime best that she threw in May, and she is the only one that has thrown near anything that could get her into the final of the event.
 
The duo of Onyekwere (61.35m) and Anumba (61.00m) are second and third on the list but will need to throw farther than they have done this year to stand a chance of making it to the final.

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