Samuel Ogazi, representing Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has made it to the men’s 400m final.
Ogazi becomes the first Nigerian athlete in 36 years since the great Innocent Egbunike to qualify for the 400m final at the Olympic Games.
Ogazi ran the race of his life, running a new personal best (PB) of 44.41s to finish 3rd in heat 3 of the 400m semis, booking his spot in the final.
Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith won the race in 44.07s, and Michael Norman took the 2nd automatic spot in 44.26s.
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However, Samuel Ogazi showed that he could chill with the big boys, coming 3rd to book his spot in the final.
He has a chance to win a medal for Nigeria. The country is yet to win a medal at the Paris Olympics at the time of filing this report.