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Team Nigeria capped off their dominance of the athletics event at the 2023 African Games in Ghana in style on Friday by winning two gold, two silver and two bronze medals on the last day of the event.
Chinecherem Nnamdi set a new national record to win gold in the men’s javelin event just as quartet Esther Joseph, Patience Okon-George, Brittany Ogunmokun and Omolara Ogunmakinju also stormed to gold in the women’s 400m final.
The two silver medals were won by Olayinka Olajide (women’s 200m) and Sade Olatoye (women’s shot put) while Consider Ekanem claimed his first international individual medal by winning bronze in the men’s 200m just as the men’s 400m relay quartet also settled for bronze.
Their performances on the final day of the event took Nigeria’s tally in athletics to 11 gold, six silver and four bronze, totalling 21 medals.
The closest country to Nigeria in the athletics table is Ethiopia, who had seven gold, seven silver and four bronze medals, while third-place South Africa are third with seven gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
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