Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Olympics: Adegoke, Itsekiri qualify for 100m semifinals, Oduduru disqualified

Itsekiri will now appear in Sunday’s first semi-final, while Adegoke will compete in the second semi-final.

• July 31, 2021
Enoch Adegoke, Usheoritse Itsekiri, and Grace Nwokocha
Enoch Adegoke, Usheoritse Itsekiri, and Grace Nwokocha

Team Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke ran 9.98 seconds on Saturday in the men’s 100 metres event at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo to qualify for Sunday’s semi-finals.

The 21-year-old who ran on lane 6 of heat 2 at the Olympic Stadium in the event’s first round beat Femi Ogunode who represented Qatar and came in at 10.02.

He is joined in the semi-finals by compatriot Usheoritse Itsekiri who ran 10.15 seconds to place third in heat 1.

Their teammate, Divine Oduduru, was however disqualified for false starting in heat 5.

Itsekiri will now appear in Sunday’s first semi-final, while Adegoke will compete in the second semi-final.

In the women’s version of the event, Grace Nwokocha failed to go beyond the semi-finals after placing fifth in semi-final 3 with a time of 11.07 seconds.

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Kingdom of Morocco's Royal Armed Forces signed a memorandum of understanding

Africa

Anti-Terrorism: U.S AFRICOM, Morocco to establish tech-driven training, experimentation centre in Africa

Mr Anderson said the centre would increase readiness and advance capabilities of both nations.

Argentina players celebrating after the match against England 

Sport

Argentina stun England to set up World Cup final clash with Spain

Spain defeated France 2-0 at the Dallas Stadium on Tuesday to qualify for the final. 

Federation Account Allocation Committee

Heading 3

FG, states, LGs shared N2.550 trillion June revenue: FAAC 

Mr Mokwa said the revenue was shared at the July meeting of the committee.

UK Metro Police

Heading 2

14-year-old boy charged with terror offences targeting London mosques

The boy was arrested on 9 July on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle.

Alleged rape victim

States

Delta content creator arrested after alleged rape victim dies by suicide

According to the victim, Mr Ogbonna initially demanded sex in exchange for financial help.