Nigeria’s 4 x 400 metres relay team on Saturday in Beijing, China gave Team Nigeria a final chance of winning any medal at the 15th World Athletics Championships.
The team of Funke Oladoye, Tosin Adeloye, Regina George and Patience George qualified for Sunday’s final of the event by winning heat 1 with a season best 3 minutes 23.27 seconds.
They pushed Jamaica and Russia into second and third respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian team, who were in lane 8, previously had a season best 3.30.88 and did achieve a good feat with Saturday’s effort.
