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Chuwuebuka Enekwechi produced his best performance of the season to win the men's Shot Put in Brazil.
Nigerian Record holder in the Shot Put, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi produced his best performance of the season at the Adehemar Ferreira da Silva Meet on Sunday.
Enekwechi threw his implement to an impressive distance of 21.25m which was enough to win the event.
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His mark is now tied joint ninth-best throw in the world this season and erased his previous SB of 20.12m set last weekend at the Drake Relays.
It is also better than all his throws in the indoor season, having thrown a Personal Best (PB) of 21.20m on his season's debut at the American Track League in January.
His indoor PB projected him to be second on the Nigerian all-time indoor list, behind Josh Awotunde's 21.33m recorded in 2018 and ahead of Stephen Mozia's 21.18m in 2016.
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06:32 - 21.01.2023
ATHLETICS Chukwuebuka Enekwechi throws massive PB in season opener
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi started the 2023 season with a best career season opener.
Enekwechi has been Nigeria and Africa's most consistent Shot Put thrower in the past five years. He has won all continental and national titles available at his disposal, throwing record-breaking times to follow them up.
Meanwhile, Chioma Onyekwere also competed at the meet, throwing a best of 56.43m to finish sixth in the women's Discus event.
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Last month (April 16th), Onyekwere threw a massive PB of 64.96m to win the Discus throw event at the Oklahoma Throws series.
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13:19 - 16.04.2023
African Record! Chioma Onyekwere cements her name in African athletics history
Commonwealth champion Chioma Onyekwere has attained another career feat, swinging her Discus to a new African Record in Oklahoma.
Her mark not only shattered her Nigerian Record of 63.30m set in 2021 but broke the previous African Record of 64.87m recorded by South Africa's Elizna Naude in 2007.
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