Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel continued his spectacular run on the worldwide stage as he stormed to victory within the closing warmth of the boys’s 400m hurdles on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday.
Nathaniel, who has steadily grown into one in every of Africa’s main hurdlers, clocked a time of 48.37 seconds to e book his place within the semifinals.
The 21-year-old held his composure by means of the race, ending strongly to edge out a aggressive area.
He beat America’s Caleb Dean, who got here in second with 48.67s, whereas Brazil’s Francisco Dos Reis Viana claimed third place in a private greatest time of 48.69s.
The Nigerian athlete’s efficiency provides to his rising fame, having already made historical past because the nationwide report holder within the occasion.
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His development into the semifinals now units up a mouthwatering contest as he faces a few of the world’s best hurdlers, together with reigning Olympic and world medalists.
Although he completed with tenth quickest time throughout the heats, Nathaniel shall be aiming not solely to safe a spot within the closing but in addition to place Nigeria again on the map in international athletics, significantly within the hurdles the place African illustration has usually been restricted.
The lads’s 400m hurdles semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday, the place Nathaniel will try to additional his dream of a podium end in Tokyo.
