World Athletics Clears Dubem Nwachukwu to compete for Nigeria
World Athletics has approved quartermiler, Dubem Nwachukwu’s change of allegiance proposal to compete for Nigeria and the
23 year old will compete in the 400m event for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, had provisionally included the athlete in Nigeria’s Team to the World
Championships pending the approval of his request by World Athletics.
Nwachukwu, who holds a 44.81 lifetime best achieved last June, now has the onerous task of becoming the first Nigerian to run in the final of the event since Sunday Bada (now late) finished in eighth place in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
He will also be seeking to become the second Nigerian to make the podium in the event after Innocent Egbunike who won a silver medal in 1987 in Rome, Italy.
