Team Nigeria’s 4x100m relay teams run season’s best records, yet fail to qualify
Team Nigeria’s 4×100 metres relay teams on Thursday in Paris recorded season best times in their respective races but still failed to advance at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Both teams failed to qualify for the next round in their events in the opening round at the Stade de France.
Running from lane 4 in round 1 heat 2, the women’s team finished sixth after a time of 42.70 seconds for a season best.
Great Britain, France and Jamaica won the heat in the respective order of first, second and third.
The men’s team on its part finished seventh in lane 2 of round 1’s heat 1 with a time of 38.20 secs.
U.S, South Africa and Great Britain won the heat in the order of first, second and third respectively.
Meanwhile, Edose Ibadin on his part failed to take advantage of the repechage round opportunity in the men’s 800m event.
In the repechage heat 1, he finished seventh with a time of one minute 49.09 seconds.
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