The quartet of Rosemary Nwankwo, Obi Jennifer Chukwuka, Rosemary Chukwuma and Miracle Ezechukwu clocked a time of 42.94s to win gold and defend their title at the ongoing African Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana.
The Nigerian team beat off competition from Liberia, who placed second and hosts Ghana who finished third in Friday’s final.
They set a new record as they became the first team to go sub-43 in the history of the women’s 4x100m at the African Athletics Championships.
Also on Friday, the Nigerian men’s quartet of: Favour Ashe, James Taiwo Emmanuel, Tejiri Godwin and Chidera Ezeakor claimed the Silver medal in a time of 38.70s in the 4x100m final.
The race was won by Côte d’Ivoire while Ghana had to settle for the bronze medal.
