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@NaturalCal #23 now after the World Indoor 4x400m…

#22 out of 24 is definitely cutting it close. I would hope they are prepared to run the Women’s 4x4 again at the end of the month just to be on the safe side. That group can go faster than 3:31

Favour Ekpepke (Carson-Newman) ran 33.89 seconds in the Men's 300m to finish 2nd at the VMI Colonel Bev Read Opener. It is unofficially the 6th fastest indoor 300m time in Nigerian history Ekpepke ran 20.69 seconds in the 200m last year, one of the best in the NCAA DII ranks

@NaturalCal @Adeoye1992 @Goodluc52197131 Whether home-based Athletes can qualify for World Champs at World Relays is a separate question, but of course it will be Nigeria’s best available going to Gaborone regardless of location. If AFN takes 2 pronged approach with qualifiers in Nigeria & USA all 6 teams should qualify

@NaturalCal @Adeoye1992 @Goodluc52197131 Just looked at all the current qualifying times for Top 24 in each - I think 5 out of 6 can qualify with home-based Athletes (like mixed 4x1), men’s 4x1 being the exception & possibly men’s 4x4. There’ll be 2 MTN CHAMPS meets in March where there may be qualification attempts…!

Team Nigeria 🇳🇬 rankings in World Relays qualification tracker Mixed 4x100m - 17th Men’s 4x400m - 25th Mixed 4x400m - 31st Women’s 4x100m - 35th Men’s 4x100m - 48th Women’s 4x400m - N/A The Top 24 countries in each event will qualify. Deadline to qualify is April 5th, 2026

Kudos to the team at MoC led by our Oga @bambostic. The team has literally spent the last few days calculating the different scenarios for the Super Eagles to guarantee a playoff spot & pushing out the info asap We “invoked” this! 🙌 #NGABEN #SoarSuperEagles #worldcupqualifiers

@Phatill @MakingOfChamps Same kit as last time oh…no new Puma deal yet, but hopefully this is the start of Nigeria repairing that relationship for future possibilities…!

@MakingOfChamps Same kit that came late the last time or a new batch?

Presenting the Nigerian kits for the African U18/U20 Championships - giant sportswear company, Puma is kitting Nigeria for the African Junior Championships in Abeokuta, making a return in the Nigerian colours since the 2019 World Championships in Doha. A total of 92 athletes have been shortlisted to represent Nigeria in both the U18/U20 categories, and there are top athletes like Chioma Nwachukwu and Prestina Ochonogor all listed for Nigeria.

In this concluding part of our special feature on the Jamaica Observer, our Founder @bambostic talks about meeting the legendary MVP Track Club head coach , Paul Francis, who had some words of advice on how to operate a successful Track Club. “He wasn’t the head coach then, but he was obviously already involved as a coach then, and he told us very clearly that, ‘This is not government-led; this is private-led, and it’s not going to happen if people, privately, don’t decide that..." Bambo noted. Click on this link to read Part 4 of this story. #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jamaicaobserver.com/2024/09/25/nig…

Here's part 3 of our special feature on the Jamaica Observer - @bambostic gives more insights on @mtnchamps in the last two seasons: "This has the potential to change the face of track and field in Nigeria; it has the potential to change the face of track and field globally," he said. "You know, in all my travels over the last decade, anytime I travelled to Jamaica, USA, anywhere else in the Caribbean, people always told me, ‘Nigerians, if you [only] knew what you have." jamaicaobserver.com/2024/09/24/par…

@Ola37972638 @MakingOfChamps @JDuru2010 I've lived in South Africa so I'm well aware of how South Africans think. He has a South African mother and he's lived in South Africa all his life, he will be just fine...and now he's a World U20 Champion for SA - he will be celebrated there as a Global Champion for them!

@bambostic @MakingOfChamps @JDuru2010 Clearly you dont know how South africa thinks

Udeme Okon, representing South Africa, has qualified for the final of the 400m at the #WorldAthleticsU20 Championships, finishing 2nd in the first semifinal heat to book an automatic spot. Okon crossed the line in 47.08s, finishing behind USA's Jayden Davis who won the race in 45.79s

@NaturalCal @theML__ You're right, they're not brothers - no relation...

@theML__ I don’t believe so. But I could be wrong

The Nigerian quartet of John Caleb, Joshua Caleb, Oseiwe Salami, and Childers Ezeakor run 40.28 seconds to finish 3rd in their heat They finish 13th overall across all heats and will not qualify for tomorrow’s final

@Landed_13928 @MakingOfChamps Indeed he is!

Born in South Africa to a Nigerian father, Udeme Okon is the new WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION, winning the 400m Junior title in a time of 45.69s. Wooowww!!! In the popular TV advert.... Udeme my friend!!! #WorldAthleticsU20

@JDuru2010 @MakingOfChamps Why are you worried? Looks like he's on his way to become a big star in Athletics..very soon he won't need MoC to publicize him. Why would you be worried for him? He was born in South Africa, grew up there and now is 3rd fastest U20 globally in 2024 after just 1 year of training!

@MakingOfChamps Worried for him. MOC, pls do not publicize this kid any further.

@MakingOfChamps Kudos to #TeamMTN for sponsorship of the MoC Athletics Academy! If this trend continues, then athletics, especially track and fields events, will be rejuvenated in Nigeria.

@Dike1994 @MakingOfChamps All the very best to you. You are very entitled not to support and instead insult. Best of luck!

@bambostic @MakingOfChamps Oga, keep quiet. Keep your mediocrity to yourself.

Back from the Olympic Games, after representing Nigeria in two relay events in Paris, MoC's Emmanuel Ojeli had some words of advice for the new athletes joining the MoC Academy "When I started my career, there wasn't much support until MoC came in. The journey has been tough but I have been pulling through. Stay focused and always listen to your coach. " I prepare my mind before training. I just want to encourage you all. I have seen you all train and I can see future Olympic medalists.

@Dike1994 @MakingOfChamps The problem is that you think making the Olympics and not winning a medal is the same as getting an F9 in WAEC? That's a very unfortunate way of framing things and highlights why we often don't make progress..because we criticize those making progress instead of celebrating them!

@MakingOfChamps He came back empty handed and he is advising people on how to win medals 😃😃. Person with F9 telling people how to pass WAEC 🤣🤣.

@MakingOfChamps You guys have created an organization that’s going to be very pivotal to the future of athletics in Nigeria, the diligence, commitment, vision and mission is really admirable, God bless @bambostic and his wonderful team at @MakingOfChamps 🙏

Notable 🇳🇬 Event World Ranking Increases post-Olympics Favour Ofili - 31st ➡️ 8th Samuel Ogazi - 23rd ➡️ 12th Chukwuebuka Enekwechi - 8th ➡️ 7th Ezekiel Nathaniel - 29th ➡️ 23rd Ruth Usoro - 26th ➡️ 22nd Prestina Ochonogor - 30th ➡️ 25th

@Cathal_Dennehy @__fayvourite Posting & talking is different from writing long articles designed to demean & attack the characters of Athletes from certain countries only. Bring the same energy for everyone and you won't be accused of clearly biased reporting - old habits die hard? x.com/bambostic/stat…

@__fayvourite Have posted and talked about both cases but thanks for asking.

If you care about clean sport, there should be little to celebrate in an athlete who showed such disregard for anti-doping rules winning an Olympic medal Piece on why the whereabouts system is so important, and what happened in the case of Salwa Eid Naser m.independent.ie/sport/olympics…

Bring this same energy for everyone - @gcooney93 if no one close to you will tell you, both your reporting is clearly biased against Athletes from certain countries! You shouldn't be proud to say you had a back and forth with Salwa - it's just bullying🤢 twitter.com/gcooney93/stat…

@Cathal_Dennehy Haven't you learnt anything from your disgusting demonization of Tobi Amusan last year? Half this story has nothing to do with Salwa. Christian Coleman = Salwa Eid Naser Gabby Thomas = Tobi Amusan Erriyon Knighton tested +ve Embarrassing: archive.ph/2024.08.11-092…