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Nigeria makes relay cut for Birmingham 2018 – IAAF World Indoor Championships

Nigeria women’s 4x400m relay squad will be the sole African team to compete in the relay events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 next week.

Nigeria's 4x400m women's team / Photo credit: Yomi Omogbeja
Nigeria's 4x400m women's team / Photo credit: Yomi Omogbeja

Nigeria women’s 4x400m relay squad is the sole African team confirmed to compete in the relay events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 next week.

The quartet of Abike Egbeniyi, Yinka Ajayi, Glory Nathaniel and Patience Okon-George finished in fifth place in the women’s 4x400m Final at last summer’s IAAF World Championships in London.

The United States of America is the defending champion in both the men’s and women’s races. The Trinidad and Tobago men’s squad, the winner’s at London 2017, are also confirmed.

Men’s field:

    • Belgium
    • Czech Republic
    • Dominican Republic
    • Great Britain & Northern Ireland
    • Jamaica
    • Poland
    • Spain
    • Trinidad & Tobago
    • Ukraine
    • USA

Women’s field:

  • Czech Republic
  • Great Britain & Northern Ireland
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Kazakhstan
  • Nigeria
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Ukraine
  • USA

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