Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s trio of Grace Nwokocha, Rosemary Chukwuma and Jane Udo Gabriel all booked their places in the semifinals of the Women’s 100m in the track and field events of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon reports Prime Business Africa.
First of the Nigerian ladies to take to the tracks in Heat 3, Round 1 was Nwokocha who ran a blistering time of 10.99 seconds to win the race.
In Heat 4, Rosemary Chukwuma also won as she finished in 11. 02 seconds to earn qualification to the semifinals.
Jane Udo Gabriel was the quickest off the block but came third in the Heat 5 in 11.43 secs to still qualify for the semifinals in a race eventually won by Michelle Ahye from Trinidad and Tobago in 11.14 seconds.
Tuesday’s timing was the Season’s Best for Udo Gabriel.
The semifinals races will take place later Tuesday afternoon.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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