Izuchukwu OkosiTeam Nigeria, Sunday night, qualified for the relay event of the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris and that has drawn the appreciation and praises of Nigeria’s sports minister, John Enoh.
The Nigerian athletes secured qualification for the 4×400 men’s relay event of the Games in Paris.
“I’m immensely proud of our Team Nigeria athletes for their exceptional performance at the World Relays Championship, which has decided two qualification tickets for the Olympic Games already.
“Their dedication, determination, and resilience have brought honour to our nation, and I congratulate them on this milestone,” Enoh stated.
The Nigerian men’s 4x400m quartet of Dubem Nwachukwu, Sikiru Adeyemi, Chidi Okezie and Dubem Amene clocked a remarkable time of 3:01.70 to secure qualification for the Olympic Games.
The feat marks the fastest time by a Nigerian male 4x400m team since the Bronze-winning team of Eniofok Udo-obong, James Godday,Musa Audu and Saul Weigopwa at the Athens 2004 Olympics.
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In the mixed 4x400m relay event, Team Nigeria’s quartet of Samuel Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Chidi Okezie, and Esther Elo Joseph delivered an impressive performance, finishing second in their heat with a time of 3:13.79.
This outstanding performance secured their spot at the Olympics for the second consecutive time.
Enoh stated equivocally that the Federal Government will back the team’s campaign in Paris always empower Nigerian athletes.
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.
