TOKYO 2020 TRIALS
It was a big disappointment for the fans that thronged the Yabatech Sports Complex Lagos yesterday, the Day 2 of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Trials and Invitation Relays, after the timer malfunctioned during the final of the women 100m hurdles.
Track aficionados were looking forward to Tobi Amusan dropping the current African and National Record of 12.44secs set by Glory Alozie in 1998, but with the timer not working, her 12.3secs hand timer result would definitely not count.
Oyeniyi Abejoye raced to the men’s 110m hurdles title to add it to the National Sports Festival gold he won at Edo 2020.
Grace Nwokocha won the women 200m in 22.87secs with Jerry Jakpa winning the men’s in 20.80secs.
Chidi Okezie added the National Trials title to the gold he won at the National Sports Festival in the men’s 400m while Patience Okon-George returned to winning ways in the women’s 400m, beating Knowledge Omovoh and Imaobong Uko to silver and bronze respectively
The buzz of activities at the Sports Centre increased in tempo with the arrival of BBNaija star, Mike Edwards.
Fans were not disappointed as he won the men’s high jump, with a jump of 2.20m
Oyesade Olatoye won the women’s Shot Put with a throw of 17.52m.
