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Tobi Amusan tried hard not to cry singing the national anthem. She held the tears, but when that line: " the labour of our 'HEROES' past, shall never be in vain." It hit her...it dawned on her that she is now a HERO herself. The tears flowed😭😭🇳🇬🇳🇬
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😂😂Kamaru Usman when he met Nigerian Basketballer, Udoka Azubuike (Utah Jazz): "I heard you are from Nigeria....you grew up in Nigeria; why you dey speak English na? You just dey speak American English, abeg blow pidgin for me" 🇳🇬 Naija to the world 👏
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WAKE UP NIGERIA! ESE BRUME has just jumped a distance no African woman has ever reached before. Brume has just shattered Chioma Ajunwa's 25-year Long Jump record, leaping an astonishing 7.17m (1.1) to win this event at the Chula Vista Festival. It's also a WL...take a bow Ese!!
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🔥🔥WORLD RECORD NOW RATIFIED ✅ ✅
Never in doubt - Tobi Amusan's 1⃣2⃣.1⃣2⃣ has now been duly ratified by the World Athletics as a World Record in the women's 100m Hurdles. She is now officially confirmed as the 1st Nigerian 🇳🇬 athlete to hold a WR 👏👏. Cheers to many more🙌
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🔥🔥🔥COMMONWEALTH GAMES CHAMPIONS!
Make way for the Nigerian quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Grace Nwokocha who have just run a new AFRICAN RECORD of 4⃣2⃣.1⃣0⃣s to win GOLD in the women's 4x100m🇳🇬
These ladies were on fire...simply outstanding 👏👏
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GOLD MEDAL & ANOTHER RECORD! Tobi Express 🚀🚀came like a rocket, blazing through the field. Not only did she successfully defend her title, she also broke the Commonwealth Games record.
Tobi Amusan clocked 1⃣2⃣.3⃣0⃣ (-0.2) to win 🥇for
#TeamNigeria
🇳🇬.
She is the real deal👏
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🔥🔥🔥🔥FINALLY....TOBI AMUSAN IS A WORLD CHAMPION!! She becomes the first Nigerian athlete in history to win a WORLD TITLE, blazing to 1⃣2⃣.0⃣5⃣ (+2.5)
TOBI LOKAN!! FIRST NIGERIAN TO DO IT! ALL HAIL TOBI EXPRESS
TOBI AMUSAN IS THE PRIDE OF NAIJA🇳🇬🇳🇬
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🔥🔥 ESE BRUME HAS WON A GOLD MEDAL! It was never in doubt, but Brume after coming under an early pressure, pulled up TWO Games Records, jumping 7⃣.0⃣0⃣m to reclaim her
#CommonwealthGames
crown. If there's ever an athlete who always delivers for Naija🇳🇬, it is Ese Brume👏👏
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Ese Brume in the last 3yrs for 🇳🇬 at global championships:
▪️ 2019 World Champs🥉
▪️ Tokyo 2020 Olympics 🥉
▪️ 2022 World Champs 🥈
She is by far Nigeria's most consistent athlete 👏👏. Remember when the commentator called her 'Broom' ? Well she is still sweeping the medals🙌
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🙌This race was indeed spectacular, the Nigerian quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma & Grace Nwokocha were on a 'wavy level.' No one could touch them in that women's 4x100m final, winning GOLD for Naija 🇳🇬 in an African Record👏
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A young Ashleigh Plumptre, and the senior version. It's safe to say that her heart belongs to Nigeria, giving everything representing her Grandfather's country, against her country of birth.
A 'Plum Falcon'....one of our own 👏👏
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Wow... Tima Godbless 🇳🇬 has just broken the National U-20 Record at the World U-20 Championships in Colombia, storming to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 11.08s!!🔥
She broke the record set by Joan Uduak Ekah which stood for 23 years.😳
AMAZING!!!
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GOLD MEDAL FOR NAIJA! Chioma Onyekwere has shot
#TeamNigeria
up the medal table, winning GOLD in women's Discus at
#Birmingham2022
& throwing an SB of 61.70. In fact Nigeria won 2 medals in this event, with Obiageri Amechi clinching Bronze throwing 56.99m...Naija🇳🇬 Super Ladies🙌
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GOLD MEDAL ALERT! Odunayo Adekuoroye 🇳🇬 has won a GOLD medal in women's 57kg Freestyle wrestling for
#TeamNigeria
, defeating her Indian opponent Anshu Malik 7-3 (VPO1) to secure Nigeria's first GOLD medal in Wrestling. Adekuoroye came under pressure, but she was equal to it👏👏
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See who arrived in Naija today: after an exhaustive season competing around the world, Nigeria's 1st World Champion & World Record holder, Tobi Amusan touched down in Lagos this afternoon. Welcome Tobi Express, the whole country is proud of your achievements this season👏
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For the 1st time in the history of World Athletics Championships, the Nigerian anthem🇳🇬 will be played over the PA system. This lady...Tobi Amusan made it possible. Only fitting that after the disappointment of Doha & Tokyo, she can smile again!
The Nigerian Golden Girl👏
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MORE MEDALS FOR NAIJA....ESE BRUME yet again delivers on the biggest stage, landing a Silver medal in the women's Long Jump with a leap of 7⃣.0⃣2⃣m. 🇳🇬 waited 9 days for a medal, and on the last day will leave the
#WorldAthleticsChamps
with TWO medals
#NaijaNoDeyCarryLast
👏👏
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✨STAR GIRL HAS WON A SILVER MEDAL. Favour Ofili🇳🇬 came out of the bend, and although it was a mountain trying to catch
@FastElaine
🇯🇲(GR 22.02), the Nigerian athlete pulled away from Christine Mboma 🇳🇦 to finish 2nd in the women's 200m final. Ofili clocked 22.51 👏👏
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🔥🔥ANOTHER WORLD RECORD!
#TeamNigeria
's Folashade Oluwafemiayo has broken the World Record in women's Heavyweight Powerlifting event, lifting a series of: 130kg, 150kg & 155kg to score a cumulative 123.4 points, winning yet another GOLD medal for 🇳🇬. Incredible performance👏👏
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GAMES RECORD! Now that's how to take the board... Ese Brume has gone into the lead in women's Long Jump, leaping to a new
#CommonwealthGames
record of 6.99m and pushing Ghana's Deborah Acquah down to 2nd place. This is what we mean when we call her 'Consistent-Ese' 👏👏
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Earlier today, Tobi Amusan visited her alma mater, Our Lady Of Apostles Secondary school in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. They formed a guard of honour right from the school's gate to welcome Tobi Express back to her former school. 👏👏
📹
@Taiwobabajide6
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Putting Nigeria🇳🇬 on the map 👏....no WOMAN in history has ever run anything below 12.20s. Enters Tobi Amusan, and she becomes the FIRST EVER WOMAN to run a 12.1s, a WORLD RECORD of 12.12s in the 100mH. We are still speechless! Tobi has got us in our feels ☺️☺️.
#NaijaToTheWorld
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AFRICAN CHAMPION! Yet again, Nigeria's Quadri Aruna has risen to the pinnacle of African Table Tennis, successfully defending his men's Singles title after thumping Egypt's Ahmed Saleh to win GOLD at the ITTF Championships in Tunis. Aruna was at his dominant best, putting away…
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⚡️⚡️TOBI EXPRESS HAS DONE IT AGAIN!⚡️ BACK-TO-BACK DIAMOND LEAGUE CHAMPION!!
Nigeria's Tobi Amusan has just broken Gail Devers 22-year-old Meeting Record, setting a new one of 1⃣2⃣.2⃣9⃣ (-0.3) .
THE NIGERIAN JEWEL
#NaijaNoDeyCarryLast
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
#ZurichDL
🇨🇭
#DLFinal
💎
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FIRST MEDAL, AND IT IS GOLD! Nigeria's Adijat Adenike Olarinoye has won Naija's 1st medal at the
#CommonwealthGames2022
, lifting a combined total of 203kg, a GAMES' RECORD to win the women's 55kg Weightlifting event. Adijat came under pressure, but she survived to clinch GOLD! 👏
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In the last 2wks, Tobi Amusan has put Nigeria on the world map, making the country's name resonate all over the world, in nations where Athletics is watched. There aren't many better PRs than that! Only fitting that today, she carries the flag she has represented with aplomb👏👏
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Tobi Amusan has been conferred with a National Honour in Abuja, with the 100m Hurdles World Champion receiving: Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) Honor from the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. Thoroughly deserving 👏👏, she has been a great ambassador for 🇳🇬🇳🇬
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That was good! The Nigerian quartet of: Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma & Grace Nwokocha (with a solid anchor leg) getting round the baton to win heat 2 of women's 4x100m in a time of 42.57s. This is the 2nd fastest time the Nigerian team is running in 2022👏👏
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🗣️🗣️🗣️Tobi Amusan has become the first Nigerian athlete in history, to be nominated for the Athlete of the Year of Award by World Athletics. Now you can play a part in helping her win this covetous award, and bringing it home to Naija 🇳🇬🇳🇬
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Have you ever seen a Nigerian Gymnast at the Olympics before? This is one image that will grow on 🇳🇬🇳🇬 spectators watching
#Tokyo2020
Note the name: Uche Eke! The 24-year old is Nigeria's first Olympics Gymnast, and he will be competing in 7 medal winning events.
#TeamNigeria
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CHIDI OKEZIE 🇳🇬 has done it!!🥇🥇
He ran an absolutely stunning race in the men's 400m final at the African Games, storming to a Personal Best (PB) of 45.06s, the fastest time by a Nigerian athlete in 9 years!
He defeated one of the world's fastest men in the form of Muzala…
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Father's Delight- Ngozi Okereke's dad, surprised his daughter by coming close to the track after she had finished anchoring Team Delta to GOLD in the Girls' 4x400m. The senior Okereke left work early to come cheer his daughter, and she was over the moon when she saw him, leaving…
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🗣️🗣️THREE-TIME DIAMOND LEAGUE CHAMPION! MAKE WAY FOR THE ONE AND ONLY TOBI AMUSAN... who stormed to her 3rd consecutive Diamond League triumph, winning the women's 100m Hurdles in a Season's Best of 12.33s.
What a way to finish her season... rising to the very top!👏👏
There…
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BRONZE IN THE 4X100M: The Nigerian quartet of: Udodi Onwuzuruike, Favour Ashe, Alaba Akintola, and Raymond Ekevwo got round the baton, clinching the 🥉 medal in a time of 38.81s. England took the win, while Trinidad & Tobago got Silver. Great run by the Nigerian quartet 👏👏
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Do you now believe?
I don’t believe 100h times are correct. World record broken by .08! 12 PBs set. 5 National records set. And Cindy Sember quote after her PB/NR “I throughly I was running slow!” All athletes looked shocked.
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#TeamNigeria
🇳🇬 finished its campaign at
#CommonwealthGames2022
winning 35 medals, Naija's highest GOLD medals at once:
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉
🔥 All GOLD medals were won by women...won it for motherland🙌🙌
#NaijaNoDeyCarryLast
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A Nigerian journalist asked CAF president, Patrice Motsepe: 'when can Africa host the World Cup again?'
The CAF president replied: "Nigeria must put in a bid. The Nigerian president (Bola Tinubu) is coming to watch the final on Sunday...I will have a conversation with him about…
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HE HAS DONE IT! Enoch Adegoke becomes Nigeria's first 100m Olympic finalist since 1996 clocking 10.00s in heat 2 of men's 100m semis! 25 years after Davidson Ezinwa at Atlanta '96 ...indeed he is
#RunningByRevelation
#PagaChamps
#Athletics
#Tokyo2020
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By the way, Tobi Amusan becomes the 1st Nigerian athlete in history to ever set a World Record in any event. 12.12s in the 100m Hurdles? We still can't believe what we have witnessed, even Tobi herself couldn't believe it.
🚄TOBI EXPRESS...She's the pride of Naija🇳🇬
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GOLD 🥇 - women's 100m Hurdles
GOLD 🥇 - women's 4x100m Relay
GOLD 🥇 - men's 4x100m Relay
Tobi Amusan telling everyone.... E too choke!!
#AfricanGames2023
#Accra2023
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🔥🔥AFRICAN RECORD!! They might not have finished on the podium, but what a run from Nigerian quartet of: Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Grace Nwokocha🇳🇬 to break the 30-year-old African record & set a new one of 42.22s...take a bow ladies
#WorldAthleticsChamps
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Tobi Express back to winning ways - Tobi Amusan🇳🇬 breezed to an easy win in women's 100m Hurdles at ISTAF Berlin, winning by more than one-tenth over her closest challenger. Amusan clocked 12.45s (-0.3) with Tia Jones🇺🇸 2nd in 12.58s & Megan Tapper🇯🇲 3rd in 12.66s
#istafberlin
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Tobi Amusan and Udodi Onwuzuruike have both been drafted into the Nigerian 4x100m relay teams, replacing Joy Udo-Gabriel and Seye Ogunlewe respectively.
⏲️ 12.40pm - M4x100m
⏲️ 12.54pm -W4x100m
#TeamNigeria
🇳🇬
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FINALLY NIGERIA HAS A MEDAL AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS... Blessing Oborodudu wins her 68kg semifinal bout against Mongolia's Battsetseg Soronzonbold by 7-2 , which means she is guaranteed GOLD or Silver - NIGERIA'S 1ST EVER MEDAL IN WRESTLING AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES
#PagaChamps
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One untold success story in this Tobi Amusan's conquest, is the relationship she has with her coach, Lacena Golding-Clarke. They've been together through thick & thin, it finally paid off. Fun-fact: her coach was a hurdler herself & won GOLD for Jamaica at 2003 Commonwealth Games
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Nigeria's Ese Brume got her first ever victory at a Diamond League meet, winning women's Long Jump leaping a distance of 6.83m at
#BrusselsDL
🇧🇪. Brume has come close on some occasions, finishing 2nd in Doha (2018), 2nd in Eugene (2022), but she now has her 1st DL win. Bravo👏
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👏Tobi Amusan has been named Best Female Athlete in Africa for 2022 by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). Tobi Express🇳🇬 is the top ranked in 1st place, Faith Kipyegon🇰🇪 2nd & Letesenbet Gidey🇪🇹 3rd; crowning a successful season winning a World title & running a WR🙌
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Athletics version of "No Gree for anybody"
Nigeria's Omolara Omotosho ran the race of her life in the Mixed 4x400m Relay at the African Games, eating up the ground to close the wide gap on her Botswana 🇧🇼 opponent.
Omotosho singlehandedly turned Silver to GOLD for Nigeria 🇳🇬
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GOLD for Nigeria in the women's 4x100m!!🥇🥇
Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 anchored the Nigerian women's 4x100m to GOLD again at the African Games in Ghana, absolutely destroying the field in a time of 43.06s.
She combined with Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka and Fore Abinusawa to bring…
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WAKE UP NAIJA...WE'VE JUST WON OUR FIRST ATHLETICS MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS IN 13 YEARS!! Ese Brume grabs Bronze in the Long Jump with 6.97m. Germany's Malaika Mihambo clinches GOLD with 7.00m, USA's Brittney Reese with 6.97m for Silver distance on countback - so close!
#PagaChamps
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Looking for what to watch today? Tobi Express (Tobi Amusan) will be in action competing in heat 3 of women's 100m Hurdles by 10.47am (Nigerian time). Also, Ese Brume will be competing in women's Long Jump...and there's Favour Ofili in women's 200m semis. So many exciting events🇳🇬
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Big news in the Women's long jump! Ese Brume🇳🇬 is currently in the GOLD medal position, leaping a Season's Best of 7.02m on her 3rd attempt. Can she hold on for the next three rounds? It could be a very good day for Nigerian Athletics...we are in for a treat 🙌
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After Tobi Amusan had received her GOLD medal in women's 100m Hurdles and time for the Nigerian anthem to played over the PA system, it coincided with the men's 4x100m team doing their lap of honour round the track.
Like soldiers, they stood still, singing the national anthem…
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Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 cannot stop winning!!🔥🔥
She clocked a time of 7.83s to win the women's 60mH at the Meeting Lievin in France!
She defeated Laeticia Bapte 🇫🇷 who posted a Season's Best (SB) of 7.97s and Sarah Lavin 🇮🇪 in 7.98s.
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GOLD for Nigeria 🇳🇬 in the men's 4x100m!!🥇🥇
In the BATTLE OF JOLLOF at the African Games, the Nigerian 4x100m men's quartet of Sunday Israel Okon, Consider Ekanem, Alaba Akintola & Usheoritse Itsekiri stormed to victory in a time of 38.41s!
They defeated Ghana 🇬🇭 who had to…
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One last push for Tobi Express: today is the last day to vote for Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 to win Female Athlete of the Year Award. Just in case you haven't voted for her on any World Athletics social media pages, there's a 12-hour window to do so. Let's get her over the line🙏
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Big congratulations to Elizabeth Oshoba🇳🇬 who won a Silver medal for Nigeria in women's Boxing over 54kg-57kg Featherweight. She might have slipped under the radar, but she gave a good account of herself fighting against Michaela Walsh who won 5-0. Solid performance from Oshoba👏
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Tobi Amusan kicks off her season with a win!
She clocked a time of 23.38s to take the women's 200m at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic, ahead of Chante Clinkscale in 23.56s.
Great start to 2023 for the World Record holder.💪🏾💪🏾
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▪️ 1st WOMAN in the WORLD to run below 12.2s✅
▪️ 1st WORLD RECORD by any Nigerian in history✅
▪️ Tobi Amusan was too good, that she influenced other athletes to run 2 NRs, 2 PBs ✅
WR - 1⃣2⃣.1⃣2⃣, this is Nigeria's best moment EVER in Athletics 👏👏
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Team Anambra's Lucy Nwankwo left everything on the track. She was picked up from a village last year and moved to Awka, only stepping on a tartan track for the first time this season. She went all out in her 200m semifinal heat, winning with a Personal Best of 25.06s; making her…
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Brilliant end to a grueling season: Favour Ofili arrived in the UK for
#CommonwealthGames2022
, and was quarantined after testing positive to Covid-19. She recovered in time to compete in women's 200m, and has now won her first senior medal outside Africa...a Star 👏👏
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An excited Michelle Alozie after Nigeria defeated Australia to go top of their group at the 2023
#FIFAWWC
. "I love the African part, I love the Nigerian part. We are so excited, we still have one game to go, but don't count us out yet" she said.
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ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL ALERT!
@Blessingoborus
as expected has clinched the GOLD medal in women's Freestyle 68kg Wrestling event. Oborududu🇳🇬 defeated Canada's Linda Morais 5-1 (VPO1) to win Nigeria's 2nd GOLD medal in Wrestling. Nigerian Wrestlers are really showing working👏👏
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Presenting the final Medal Table of
#AfricanGames2023
.
Team Nigeria 🇳🇬 had a great outing in Ghana, finishing 2nd in the overall standings👏👏.
**Side-note:
Egypt 🇪🇬 1991
South Africa 🇿🇦 1999
Nigeria 🇳🇬 2003
Surely, hosting & winning the African Games is not for everyone😒
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Blink, and you will miss Tobi Express!🚀🚀
Nigeria's Tobi Amusan returned to the track for the first time since her World Record, storming to yet another easy win in women's 100m Hurdles at
#Birmingham2022
, clocking 12.40s (+2.4) to qualify for the final on Sunday 👏👏👏
🇳🇬🇳🇬
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Thank you to everyone who engaged and loved our content from the
#AfricanGames2023
, we are glad to have followed Team Nigeria all through the journey in Ghana.
We had a great team on ground in Accra, and an amazing support team back home who made the coverage worthwhile.…
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Nigeria went into the last session of
#CommonwealthGames2022
, needing one🥇medal to surpass its highest ever win of 11 since we started attending the Commonwealth Games. 👏👏Ese Brume understood the assignment & duly delivered for Naija🇳🇬. Forget tori...oil dey her head! 🙌
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AFRICAN CHAMPIONS....GIVE IT UP FOR
#DTIGRESS
👏👏👏
Nigeria's D'Tigress went through fire, came out with bruises, but most importantly they won an unprecedented 4th consecutive
#AfroBasketWomen
crown, beating Senegal in a pulsating final.
FT: Nigeria 🇳🇬 84 -74 Senegal 🇸🇳
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Still the pride of a nation: Tobi Amusan showed up, and despite all the setbacks that happened in the past one month, she still made it into the final of the 100m Hurdles. It's not mentally easy for an athlete, only getting confirmation about their participation just two days to…
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Coach Rena Wakama took over
#DTigress
and assembled a team in one week, steered and guided them to an
#AfroBasketWomen
title.
She deserves every accolade she gets 👏
Not only did she bring technical knowledge, she also did it with swag the entire tournament.
#NaijaQueen
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"They are not going to catch her, are they?" How can you can you catch someone whose new acronym is EXPRESS....Tobi Amusan was absolutely flying and we loved every bit of this race. Putting Nigeria 🇳🇬 on the global map yet again 🙌
📹
@SuperSportTV
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GOLD for Nigeria 🇳🇬 in the mixed 4x400m!!🥇🥇
AFRICAN RECORD ☑️
Omolara Ogunmakinju put on a show for Nigeria in the mixed 4x400m, running an absolutely stunning anchor to bring Nigeria home with GOLD in a time of 3:13.26!
She made up a 15-metre deficit and swung past the…
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👏👏Unbeaten in the group stage: the Falconets topped group C in the FIFA
#U20WWC
, beating Canada in their last group match to finish with a 100% record. Two goals from Esther Onyenezide, and one from Chioma Olise made the difference for
#TeamNigeria
FT: Nigeria 🇳🇬 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
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Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 ran away with the win in the women's 100mH at the Stockholm Diamond League, dominating with a time of 12.52s (0.9)!
She beat Sarah Lavin 🇮🇪 who clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 12.73s for 2nd and Pia Skrzyszowska 🇵🇱 in 12.78s in 3rd place.
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You cannot help but be happy for Tobi Amusan! In 2019 when she finished 4th in Doha, it took a lot of courage for her to find the desire to compete again. At Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she wept all night thinking she had let Nigerians down, finishing 4th again. Delay is not denial!
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Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari to host Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume. The minister of youth & Sports, Sunday Dare revealed today, that there would be a presidential reception for both athletes at the Villa, following their recent achievements for the country.
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2015 🥇
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2024 🥇
Tobi Amusan doesn't know what losing is again.... she is now used to winning the Tobi Express way 👏👏👏
#AfricanGames2023
#Accra2023
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Tobi Amusan will inspire lots of young girls across Nigeria, so many will grow up & want to be like her. Her World Record is not hers alone (yes she did all the hard work, gritting trainings, by herself), but she has ignited something bigger than her.
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⭐️Star Girl things! Favour Ofili🇳🇬 started slowly, but picked it up & majestically pulled away from the rest of the field, clocking 22.66s (+1.9) to win heat 1 of women's 200m semis. Jamaica's Natalliah Whyte edged out Gina Bass🇬🇲 at the line to grab the 2nd automatic spot.
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Anchoring your country to victory is truly special - Tobi Amusan and Usheoritse Itsekiri had the honour of bringing home the baton for Team Nigeria in the two 4x100m finals, and they duly delivered what was expected of them.
Nigeria is back to its glory days of dominating the…
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Wakey Wakey Naija! Nigerians while you slept, these things happened:
▪️ Tobi Amusan🇳🇬 became FASTEST WOMAN EVER in 100mH✅
▪️ She broke WORLD RECORD twice1⃣2⃣.1⃣2⃣ (one was wind-aided)+2.5
▪️ 🥇1st Nigerian WORLD CHAMPION✅
All in 2hrs! She surely deserves a statue...a Hero🙌
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6.87m!!😳🔥
World Lead ☑️
Olympic qualifier!☑️
Ruth Usoro 🇳🇬 landed a massive Personal Best (PB) of 6.87m to win the women's Long Jump at the Jarvis Scott Open, the biggest jump in the world this year!
It automatically qualifies her for the Paris 2024 Olympic games as it was…
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The last 4 months have been the best of Tobi Amusan's career:
▪️ June- defended African title in Mauritius ✅
▪️ July- became World Champion & WR holder ✅
▪️ August- retained Commonwealth Games title ✅
▪️ September - defends Diamond League trophy ✅
Tobi Express has been🔥🔥
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GOLD MEDAL IN JAVELIN!!
Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi brought the sauce in men's Javelin, breaking his own National Record to win GOLD in this event. Nnamdi was so good on the day, that he passed up his last attempt when no other athlete was able to match 82m.…
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🔥🔥GOLD MEDALS OVERLOAD🇳🇬! Miesinnei Mercy Genesis won yet another GOLD medal for
#TeamNigeria
, defeating her Canadian opponent, Madison Parks to win women's Wrestling Freestyle 50kg. Genesis had a 3-1 VFA (Victory by fall) to easily the contest. It's now 🥇🥇🥇from Wrestling👏
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THE NEWS WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Tobi Amusan has been cleared by the Athletics Integrity Unit to compete at the 2023
#WorldAthleticsChamps
in Budapest. YESSSS!!! TOBI EXPRESS IS BACK, and will be defending her 100m Hurdles World Title
OLUWATOBILOBA (God is a great King)
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AFRICAN RECORD!!! Oluwatobi Amusan has become the 1st NIGERIAN athlete ever to win a Diamond League Trophy since inception in 2010! Tobi stormed to a new African Record of 12.42s, going past the field to win W100m Hurdles at the
#WDLFinal
... Tobi the Nigerian pacesetter
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IT'S SILVER!! Blessing Oborududu fought valiantly but USA's Tamyra Stock-Mensah wins GOLD with a 4-1 victory in women's Wrestling 68kg. This is Nigeria's 1st ever Olympic medal in Wrestling, two medals overall now at
#Tokyo2020
...we are all proud of Oborududu!!
#PagaChamps
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NEVER IN DOUBT!!🥇🥇
After a false start scare, Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 flew to an easy win in the women's 100mH final at the African Games, clocking a time of 12.89s (-2.1).
She completes a hat-trick of African Games titles with that win and defeated Sidonie Fiadanantsoa 🇲🇬 who ran…
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Favour Ofili has broken Blessing Okagbare's 200m National Record (NR) at the Tom Jones Memorial, running a blistering 21.96s!!!!!!!🔥🔥
Her time is the fastest in the world this year, the fastest ever in the NCAA and a new School Record.
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We cannot see this alone...Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye did not show any mercy, picking up her Brazilian opponent and slamming her on the mat to win their bout at the ongoing Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade.
NAIJA🇳🇬🇳🇬 POWER!
📹📹 Via…
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FASTEST GIRL IN NIGERIA! 🙌🙌
Team Anambra's Lucy Nwankwo is the new 100m National Youth Champion, showing grit and wanting it more to cross the line in 12.29s. Nwankwo clinched the GOLD 🥇 medal, in fact it was 1-2 finish for Anambra state, with Chigozie Nwankwo coming in 2nd…
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Just have a look at Ashleigh Plumptre's spectacular dancing steps. She has adapted so well being in the Super Falcons set up. Anything other players are doing, she will gladly join them.
😊Our Oyibo defender from Leicester!
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👏👏At the age of 48, Eucharia Iyiazi🇳🇬 won her 1st ever
#CommonwealthGames
title, winning the GOLD medal in women's shot put F55-57! Iyiazi did this throwing a Games Record of 10.03m, inspiring a Nigerian 1-3, with Ugochi Alam getting the Bronze. Age did not limit Iyiazi 🙌🙌
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BACK-TO-BACK WINS FOR TOBI EXPRESS👏👏
Tobi Amusan can't stop winning as she raced to a second consecutive victory in two days, clocking 1⃣2⃣.3⃣5⃣s (-0.5) to beat Nia Ali who came in 2nd in 12.41s
The Nigerian🇳🇬 jewel is a gift that keeps giving 🙌
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Tobi Express has taken off!! 🚀🚀
She has just clocked a very quick 12.48s(0.4) to win the fifth heat of the women's 100mH at the World Championships in Budapest, even having enough time to slow down towards the end.
Jamaican Champion Megan Tapper 🇯🇲 was 2nd in 12.51s.
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AFRICAN GAMES CHAMPION!!! Na why we dey call am GOAT 🐐... she dey always turn up!! 🙌🙌
Ese "Broom" Brume has swept yet another GOLD 🥇 medal for Naija 🇳🇬, winning her second consecutive African Games title in Accra.
Anywhere there are medals to be won, just put a call to…
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10.85s!!🤯🔥
Favour Ofili 🇳🇬 has just run the fastest time of her career, clocking a time of 10.85s (2.6) to win the women's 100m at the Battle on the Bayou!
It was wind-aided, but very impressive, knowing this is her first outing of the 2024 outdoor season. She beat Brianna…
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When it's your time, no one can stop your shine. In a space of 2hrs, Tobi Amusan made a whooping $170,000😯
▪️$100,000- WR
▪️$70,000- GOLD medal
No wonder our Golden girl screamed, if na you sef, you go hala too.
Just two races! Two races you might say, but do am if e dey easy
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