Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams missed out on podium finishes on the final day of the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, www.aclsports.com reports.
In the women’s 4x100m final, the quartet of Lucy Nwankwo, Success Oyibu, Chigozie Rosemary Nwankwo and Miracle Ezechukwu was disqualified after Lucy Nwankwo was ruled to have false-started before the race got underway.
The women’s 4x400m team of Faith Ezechukwu, Jecinta Lawrence, Tejiri Ugoh and Becky Ebiyadi later finished eighth in the final with a time of 3:36.89.
The highlight of Nigeria’s campaign came through Jessica Orji, who won the country’s only medal, a historic gold in the women’s shot put.
