IAAF WYC ends with Team Nigeria in 30th position
Team Nigeria’s only medal’s hope in the boys 200m Ejowokoghene Oduduru finished sixth position on Sunday to take the country to 30th position on the placing table, as the 8th IAAF World Youth Championship ended in Donetsk, Ukraine. Oduduru who injured himself in the race, returned 21.37 seconds. [caption id="attachment_372794" align="alignright" width="250"] ANTELOPE - Oduduru[/caption] He was admitted in the IAAF Medical centre soon after the race and was replaced in the boys medley relay event where Nigeria placed 7th on Sunday. Jamaican Michael O’Hara won the 200m in a time of 20.63 secs, while Brazil’s Victor Hugo Dos Santos and Cuba’s Reynier Mena were second and third respectively. Oduduru’s sixth position moved Team Nigeria from 39th position to 30th. The country finished fifth in the girls 400m and eight in the boys 110m hurdles. Though there was no medal won, but Team Nigeria was able to make it to four finals as against the three finals at the ...