Tima Godbless
Nigeria’s Tima Godbless on Saturday qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the women’s 100m event.
Gobless powered to a new personal best of 11.03s at the NCAA East Regionals, in Lexington, United States.
She finished second behind McKenzie Long of the USA who won in 10.92s.
Aside from securing her spot at the Olympics, Godbless also picked a ticket to the NCAA Championships.
She progressed to the NCAA Championship after storming to a massive personal best of 22.63s in the 200m quarterfinal.
Also, Rosemary Chukwuma will be at this year’s summer Olympic games after running a personal best of 10.88s to win her 100m quarterfinal at the NCAA East Regionals.
She is now the second fastest Nigerian woman in history, only behind Blessing Okagbare!
She shaved 0.11s off her personal set in 2022, beating Ariane Linton (US) who was second in 11.07s (PB), and Jassani Carter (US) in 11.09s.
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Congratulations Tima and Rosemary. But is the Olympics team selected on meets performance or at a trials? What happens when more than the number of athletes achieve the qualifying standards? The Americans select the first three at their trials whilst the British select the first two compulsorily with the third up to the selectors; the argument being to allow for non attendance or other reasons. What’s Nigeria’s policy? We need transparency. And the reporters must reflect the reality and not make assumptions.
Nigeria usually still holds national trials regardless..
This year’s Nigerian Olympics/African Championships trials will be held in mid-June in Benin City.
No Need for national trials again since only few athletes from Nigerian has met the minimum requirements, countries like USA and Jamaica who has tens of athletes meeting the standards can afford national trials
Wow, what an incredible achievement! It’s truly inspiring to see Chukwuma’s dedication and talent paying off with such a prestigious opportunity.