World Athletics Championship: Ajayi, Okon in 100m Semis, Brume, Ochonogor Crash Out

Kanyinsola Ajayi and Israel Okon person successfully precocious to the semifinals of the men’s 100m lawsuit astatine the World Athletics Championships presently underway successful Tokyo, Japan.

Ajayi clocked an awesome 9.88 seconds, marking some a idiosyncratic champion and a play record, conscionable 0.02 seconds abbreviated of the nationalist grounds held by Olusoji Fasugba. He finished 2nd successful his heat, narrowly down South Africa’s Gift Leotlela, who achieved a clip of 9.87 seconds.

Israel Okon besides secured his spot successful the semifinals, winning vigor 6 with a clip of 10.04 seconds.

In the men’s changeable enactment final, Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi faced disappointment, finishing 5th with a propulsion of 21.52 metres. The golden medal was claimed by America’s Ryan Crouser, who achieved a notable region of 22.34 metres, followed by Uziel Muñoz and Leonardo Fabbri.

In contrast, Nigeria’s hopes for occurrence dimmed arsenic agelong jumpers Ese Brume and Prestina Ochonogor exited the contention without making the finals. Ochonogor recorded a disappointing leap of 6.05 metres, importantly beneath her play champion of 6.67 metres, acceptable astatine the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship successful Arlington, Texas.

Ese Brume, a salient fig successful African athletics and a decorated agelong jumper, was incapable to replicate her erstwhile palmy performances. She managed a leap of lone 6.46 metres, falling abbreviated of the signifier that brought her metallic successful Eugene, Oregon, and golden successful some Accra and Douala past year.

In precocious June 2025, she had marked her season’s champion leap of 6.79 metres astatine the MVA HP and Para – Born to Run Invite successful Chula Vista, California, conscionable abbreviated of the African grounds of 7.17 metres.

Egypt’s Esraa Owis sealed the last spot successful the agelong leap finals with a leap of 6.60 metres, leaving the Nigerian duo to bespeak connected an underwhelming outing astatine the championships.