Budapest 2023: Ogunlewe, Itsekiri fail to make 100m final, trio crash in discus throw

Day Two of the ongoing Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships is not going well for Team Nigeria athletes.

Seye Ogunlewe (10.12) and Usheoritse Itsekiri (10.19) crashed out in the semi-final of the men's 100m.

In the discus throw, our representatives all crashed out Sunday morning as they could not throw the qualifying mark of 64.00 or be among the 12 best performers.

The best of the trio was: Chioma Onyekwere 58.58, Ashley Anumba 57.77, and Obiageri Pamela Amaechi 51.60.

On the track, our representatives in the men's and women's 400 m also failed to qualify for the next round.

Imaobong Nse Uko's 52.24 was not good enough to qualify her for the next round in the women’s 400m nor was Dubem Nwachukwu's 45.60 in the men’s 400m.

But Ezekiel Nathaniel gave us something to cheer about in the men's 400m hurdles as he qualified for the semi-final with a new season’s best of 48.47.

Elsewhere on the track, Rosemary Chukwuma also qualified for the semi-final of the women's 100m in 11.24 sec.