A former African, Commonwealth and Nigerian 100 & 200m race champion, Mary Onyali, has described as mission accomplished, the qualification by Nigeria’s 4×400m female quartet for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Mary Onyali, an Olympics medalist and now Special Assistant on Sports to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, said:
“Team Nigeria’s qualification in the relay in female 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m berth in the Olympics is mission accomplished. These championships have taken team Nigeria upwards in world ranking.
“Before now, Team Nigeria was in 16th position in the 4 x 100m but the time ran at Yaba Tech during the trials moved Team Nigeria up to 14th, in the 4 x400m team Nigeria was 17th but with what was ran yesterday, moved us up to 13th in the world. Congratulations, Team Nigeria; we look forward to a superb performance in Tokyo,” Onyali said.