Nigeria Relay Quartet Pockets Sizeable Cash Award after Olympic Qualification

After finishing as Nigeria’s highest placed squad at the World Relays, the country’s mixed 4X400m squad has pocketed a mouthwatering cash reward from organisers.

Sensational quarter miller Chidi Okezie inspired Nigeria’s mixed 4x400m squad of Samuel Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, and Esther Joseph to a new African Record (AR) at the Relays in the Bahamas.

The feat came with a  cash prize reward of $8000 (N11,144,000.)

The brilliant Nigerian team blazed to a blistering African Record of 3mins:12.87secs in the early hours of today to finish fourth in the final as the USA led with a new Championship Record of 3mins:10.73 secs

The Nigeria feat lowers her previous record of 3mins:13.26secs, clocked by a different quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Patience George, Sikiru Adeyemi, and Omolara Ogunmakinju, set to win the African Games title in Ghana this year.

By punching their Paris Olympics ticket and being fourth-place finishers, Nigeria earned the cash prize of $8000, which will be shared amongst the athletes.