Enoch Adegoke and other home-based athletes set to open 2024 season at Dynamic Athletics Outdoor Meet

Enoch Adegoke and other home-based athletes set to open 2024 season at Dynamic Athletics Outdoor Meet

Funmilayo Fameso 19:33 - 17.01.2024

Olympian Enoch Adegoke will open his 2024 season in Nigeria, as well as some other elite home-based athletes.

Tokyo Olympics 100m finalist Enoch Adegoke tops the elite list of athletes registered for the 2024 Dynamic Athletics Outdoor Meet on January 27, 2024, at the Nigerian Navy Sports Complex in Ojo, Lagos.

Adegoke made history in 2021 as the first Nigerian man in 25 years to run the 100m final at the Olympics after Davidson Ezinwa in 1996.

With the Paris Olympics taking place this summer, the 22-year-old will seek to begin his 2024 season on a brilliant note and hope to repeat the roller coaster ride he had in 2021 by qualifying and competing at the Games again.

Enoch Adegoke during the Tokyo Olympic Games

Also confirmed for the meet is another Olympian Ifeanyi Ojeli, a specialist in the 400m, and African Games relay medalist Sikiru Adeyemi.

Reigning Nigeria's fastest woman, Blessing Ogundiran will also be at the Nigerian Navy Sports Complex, as well as veteran quarter-miler Patience Okon George, who will be seeking to make her third appearance at the Olympics.

Meanwhile, the meet has received endorsement from several former Nigeria internationals and reputable coaches and sports administrators.

National Record holder in the men's 100m Olusoji Fasuba, long jump record holder Yusuf Ali, and veteran coach chief Tony Osheku are among those who have backed the meet.

Others include Athletics Federation of Nigeria Performance Director Victor Okorie and 2010 Commonwealth Games 100 finalist Peter Emelieze.

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