Nigeria got aboriginal medal signs astatine the 2025 World Athletics Championships (WAC) successful Tokyo, Japan, arsenic Chukwuebuka Enekwechi seals a slot astatine the changeable enactment final.
Enekwechi delivered 2 outstanding throws of 20.83 m, qualifying 5th successful Group A and 7th overall.
With a showdown similar this, Chukwuebuka was gradually cementing his spot among established satellite throwers. This show records his 3rd last astatine a planetary championship.
Chukwuebuka presently holds the Nigerian and African records successful changeable enactment aft making a 22.10 m propulsion connected July 5, 2025, to acceptable an African record.
His opponents successful the last see Tom Walsh of New Zealand (21.74 m), Adrian Piperi of the USA (21.47 m), Ryan Crouser of the USA (21.37 m), and Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri (20.95 m).
Others successful the last see Scott Lincoln (GBR), Wictor Petersson (SWE), Josh Awotunde (USA), Uziel Muñoz (MEX), Tomáš Staněk (CZE), Marcus Thomsen (NOR), and Konrad Bukowiecki (POL).

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