*As curtain falls on 2026 CAA African Senior Athletics Championships
Duro Ikhazuagbe
Team Nigeria’s athletes concluded their participation at the 2026 CAA Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana with a fourth gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay yesterday evening.
The quartet of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jacinta Lawrence and Patience Okon-George clocked 3:29.25 to win Nigeria’s fourth gold medal in Ghana.
The Nigerians totally dominated the race from the start till finish, with Patience Okon-George as the anchor leg, leaving second placed Ethiopian lady behind by over 30meters at the finish line. Kenya settled for the bronze medal.
