[WATCH] Nigerian athlete chase down her opponent turning Silver into GOLD in the mixed 4x400m Relay final
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Nigeria's Omolara Ogunmakinju was a class apart and the cynosure of eyes in the mixed 4x400m final at the African Games in Ghana, as she anchored her team to the gold medal.
The Nigerian team comprising Emmanuel Ojeli, Patience George, and Sikiru Adeyemi trailed Botswana for the first three baton exchanges until Ogunmakinju received it.
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She took the local parlance 'No gree for anybody' seriously, running the race of her life to close the wide gap and eventually overtake the Botswana anchor leg runner, stopping the clock in a new African Record of 3:13.26.
Athletics version of "No Gree for anybody"
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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 🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/g02gQS10QQ
Botswana finished in a National Record of 3:13.99, while Team Kenya anchored by world 800m champion Mary Moraa settled for third also in a NR of 3:18.03. South Africa were fourth in 3:18.54.
The gold medal was Nigeria's third on Day 2 of athletics at the Games, closing an outstanding night for Team Nigeria.
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