Enekwechi sets new Nigerian Record, Chukwuma storms to second-fastest time behind Okagbare as Godbless seals Olympic ticket

Nigeria's trio of Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Tima Godbless were in record-breaking form in their various events as they highlighted some of the best performances during the weekend.

Top on the list is National Record (NR) holder in the men's Shot Put Enekwechi, who surpassed his previous mark of 21.80m with a monstrous throw of 21.91m to finish third at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League in Eugene.

By doing this, he was just 6m short of South Africa's Janus Robberts African Record of 21.97m, making him the second-best thrower in African history. 

In the collegiate circuit, Chukwuma blazed to the second-fastest time by a Nigerian female sprinter in history with an outstanding 10.88s to win her quarterfinal heat and punch her ticket to the NCAA Championships.

The Texas Tech University senior outclassed the rest of the field as she stormed to a new Personal Best (PB) lowering her previous mark of 10.99s, School Record (SR), second behind Blessing Okagbare's NR of 10.79s, and qualified her for the Paris Olympic Games.

Likewise, Godbless channeled her inner greatness by clocking a blistering PB of 11.03s in her 100m qualifying heat to punch her ticket to the NCAA Championships and the Olympics, while also obliterating her 200m PB of 23.07s with a new 22.63s for her second ticket to the college national championship.

The 19-year-old joined Chukwuma as the only Nigerian female athletes to seal their automatic tickets at the Paris Olympic Games.

Also, both speedsters will be gunning to lower their times at the NCAA Championships, where they have at chasing history as Nigeria's first medallists in the event since Okagabre accomplished the feat in 2