Izuchukwu OkosiNigeria’s Samson Nathaniel on Wednesday afternoon ran a time of 46.32 seconds to finish in second place to qualify for the semifinals behind Kenya’s Boniface Mweresa in Heat 3 of the Men’s 400m of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham reports Prime Business Africa.
There was a bit of delay in the release of the results as there was a possible retrospective punishment for any of the athletes who may have come short of the rules.
In Heat 4 of the 400m Men’s race, Nigeria’s Dubem Amene also came second to book a place in the semifinals in a time of 46.77 seconds to achieve an automatic qualification spot behind England’s Matthew Hudson-Smith in 46. 27 seconds.
However, Sikiru Adewale Adeyemi could not finish in the top three places in Heat 5 as he could only finish his race in 4th place to narrowly miss out from the semis.
Adeyemi’s season’s best this year is a time of 46.93 seconds.
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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