Team Nigeria finished as the fourth best African team at the championships behind Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
By Uzor Odigbo
Team Nigeria on Sunday eclipsed its outing at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, U.S with 18th place finish out of 43 countries which participated.
Tobi Amusan’s record breaking performance in the 100 metres hurdles and Ese Brume’s impressive effort in the Women’s long jump ensured Nigeria finished on a high note.
Team Nigeria indeed saved her best for the last day of the championships after what seemed like it was going to be another poor outing for the country at the championships.
This was when Tobi Amusan broke the 100m hurdles World Record in the semifinals with an astonishing 12.12 seconds and followed up with a (+2.5) wind assisted 12.06 seconds to win Nigeria’s first gold medal at the championships.
The feat by the 25-year-old meant that she made history as the first Nigerian to win a world title and an unprecedented world record in one day.
Team Nigeria would go on to celebrate another podium finish in the Long Jump, with Ese Brume’s extraordinary effort.
The Commonwealth and Africa record holder, long jumper Brume leapt over 7.02 metres to clinch silver medal, behind rival Malika Mihambo of Germany who jumped a record 7.12 metres for the gold medal.
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The victory for Team Nigeria on Sunday also meant Nigeria finished as the fourth best African team at the championships behind Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya each finished the world championships with a total of 10 medals.
Ethiopia lead the way with four gold medals, the second most of any country, while Kenya finished in the fourth.
Uganda finished 14th position on the table with three medals.
The championships which began on July 15 ended on Sunday.
WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 FINAL MEDALS TABLE
(Through Day 10, after 48 event finals)
Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
U.S 33 13 9 11
Ethiopia 10 4 4 2
Jamaica 10 2 7 1
Kenya 10 2 5 3
UK 7 1 1 5
China 6 2 1 3
Poland 4 1 3 0
Japan 4 1 2 1
Australia 3 2 0 1
Canada 3 1 1 1
Norway 3 1 1 1
Belgium 3 1 0 2
Sweden 3 1 0 2
Uganda 3 1 0 2
Netherlands 3 0 2 1
Peru 2 2 0 0
Dominican Rep. 2 1 1 0
Nigeria 2 1 1 0
Brazil 2 1 0 1
Germany 2 1 0 1
Italy 2 1 0 1
Lithuania 2 0 1 1
Ukraine 2 0 1 1
Spain 2 0 0 2
Bahamas 1 1 0 0
Grenada 1 1 0 0
Kazakhstan 1 1 0 0
Morocco 1 1 0 0
Portugal 1 1 0 0
Qatar 1 1 0 0
Slovenia 1 1 0 0
Venezuela 1 1 0 0
Algeria 1 0 1 0
Burkina Faso 1 0 1 0
Croatia 1 0 1 0
Greece 1 0 1 0
India 1 0 1 0
South Korea 1 0 1 0
Barbados 1 0 0 1
Czech Rep. 1 0 0 1
Israel 1 0 0 1
Phillipines 1 0 0 1
Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1
Switzerland 1 0 0 1