Amusan, Ofili, four others punch tickets as WA releases entry standard for Tokyo 2025 World Championships

Six Nigerian athletes led by two Paris 2024 Olympics finalists, Favour Ofili and Samuel Ogazi as well as former world 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan have confirmed their tickets for next year’s 20th World Athletics Championships scheduled to hold in September in Tokyo, Japan as qualification standard for the competition was unveiled Thursday by World Athletics.

Others who confirmed their tickets are quartermiler, Ella Onojuvwevwo, 400m barrier runner, Nathaniel Ezekiel and Shot Putter, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi.

The six Nigerians sealed their spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics with Ofili’s 22.05 run in the 200m semifinal securing her place in the half lap event in Tokyo while Ogazi’s 44.41 lifetime best he also set at the Games ensured he punched his ticket to his first World Athletics Championships.

Amusan may not have raced to the final at the Games but the 12.49 she ran in the first round has opened the way for her fifth trip to the Worlds.

Nathaniel, the Nigerian record holder in the 400m hurdles also sealed his place in Paris courtesy his 48.38 run, same as Enekwechi whose 21.42m effort was enough to land him on the plane to Tokyo subject to ratification by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.

World Athletics says qualification period for some events opened during the Paris 2024 Olympics and will run till midnight 24 August 2025 (regardless of the time zone).

Other Nigerians who are looking to make it to Japan must achieve one of two things viz qualify through the entry standard like the six above have done or through their world rankings.

With no Nigerian yet to make the men and women’s 100m event, those aspiring like Toma Godbless, Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and others will have to run 11.07 within the qualification period for women while the men will need to run 10.00 flat.

For the 200m, the standard is 20.16 for men and 22.57 for women while in the 400m, it is 44.85 for men and 50.75 for women.

Temitope Adeshina will have to clear as high as her 1.97m Nigerian record to seal automatic spot in the team to Tokyo while Ese Brume will need to jump as far as 6.86m in the long jump.

 

 

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