BREAKING: Nigeria Men’s 4X400M Relay Team Disqualified From Final Race At #Paris2024 Olympics—-The quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathanial, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie, have been disqualified from the men’s 4x400m relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday.
This follows the disqualification of the quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene and Chidi Okezie despite finishing in heat 2 with a Season’s Best time of 2:59.81.
France won the race in 2:59.53, with Belgium taking the 3rd automatic spot in 2:59.84
It was, however, adjudged that one of the Nigerian runners crossed lanes and that led to the tripping of a South African runner
The spot won by Nigeria has now been given to South Africa.
The Nigerian runners were looking to emulate the 1984, 2000 and 2004 teams who won bronze, gold and bronze again in the Los Angeles, Sydney and Athens editions of the Olympic Games.
It is unclear if the Nigerian officials in Paris will appeal the decision to disqualify the country’s quartet.
Details later…
