The 31-year-old Enekwechi will relish his medal, after he finished outside the medal zone 4th at Asaba 2018 with the same jump of 2.15m.
Nigeria’s shot putter Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has won Nigeria’s 5th gold medal of the African Senior Championships in Mauritius with a Season’s Best and Championship Record of 21.20m in the men’s Shot put, erasing his previous record of 21.08m set in Asaba.
Meanwhile, The final day of the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championship threw up history for BBNaija star and Team Nigeria as Mike Edwards became the first Nigerian man to win an African Championships medal in the men’s High Jump since the 1996 edition in Yaounde when National Record (NR) holder, Anthony Idiata, won Silver with a distance of 2.16m
This is the 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver medallist’s third continental gold as Enekwechi dominated the event in Africa since making his debut for Nigeria in 2017.
South Africa’s Kyle Blignaut (20.60m) and Mohamed Magdy of Egypt (20.33m) took Silver and Bronze respectively as fellow Nigerian, Dotun Ogundeji finished 4th with a throw of 19.11m.
The final day of the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius threw up a slice of history for Team Nigeria as Mike Edwards became the first Nigerian man to win an African Championships medal in the men’s High Jump since the 1996 edition in Yaounde when National Record (NR) holder, Anthony Idiata, won Silver with a distance of 2.16m.
Twenty-six years later, Edwards claimed his first ever medal for the country with a clearance of 2.15m to also win Silver, bringing his second appearance at the African Championships to a fitting end. Algeria’s Hichem Bouhanoune took gold with the same mark, with South Africa’s Mpho Links settling for Bronze.
The 31-year-old Nigerian will definitely relish his historic medal, considering he finished outside the medal zone in 4th at Asaba 2018 with the same jump of 2.15m. His Personal Best (PB) of 2.25m is only 2cm shy of Idiata’s NR which has stood for 24 years.
