National 400 meters champion, Yinka Ajayi fished third with a time of 51.34 seconds of the women’s 400m event at the ongoing CAA African Senior Athletics Championships.
Yinka after the race told www.aclsports.com that the next target is to win a medal at the intercontinental cup later this year.
Ajayi who won a bronze medal in the women’s 4×400 meters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games thanked those who believed in her, promising not to let her guards down.
“I feel very excited winning a silver medal in the 400 metres where the best athletes not only in Africa but the World competed in”, she said.
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“I had expectations on winning any colour of medal because I worked hard towards it combining education and sports together. So I believed I’ll be amongst the top three”.
She said, “Now, I’ll shift my attention to the intercontinental cup later this year. I really appreciate my fans and well wishers for their love and support. I love them all”.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya won the race with a time of 49.96 seconds, while Christine Botlogetwe of Botswana came second with 51.19 seconds.
Sierra Leone’s Margaret Barriere finished fourth with a time of 52.06 seconds, while Patience Okon-George came fifth with a time of 52.34 seconds.
Dare Kuti reporting from Asaba
