Adegoke, Nigeria’s Olympic Finalist Set for Sparkassen Indoor Meeting
Edo 2020 National Sports Festival 100m champion Enoch Adegoke is set to make his 2026 indoor debut this Sunday at the Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, Germany.
The 26-year-old Nigerian sprinter has been listed for the 60m event at the World Athletics Indoor Tour bronze competition, where he will face a strong field of international rivals.
Adegoke, who famously became the first Nigerian in 25 years to reach the 100m Olympic final at Tokyo 2020, holds a personal best of 6.73 in the 60m.
He will be joined by compatriot Fola Olaoye, who has already equaled his personal best of 6.60 this season.
Other competitors include Cuba’s Jenns Fernández, with a lifetime best of 6.48 and a season’s best of 6.61, Poland’s Oliwer Wdowik, Hungary’s Dominik Illovszky, Great Britain’s Andrew Robertson, and Dominik Kopeć of Poland, all of whom have broken 6.60 this season.
The meeting record stands at 6.56, set by Joshua Hartmann in 2025.
Prize money for the top three finishers is €700, €500, and €300 respectively.
Meanwhile, Kanyinsola Ajayi remains the fastest Nigerian in the event this season with a 6.55, and he also shares the national record of 6.48.
