18.8.2025
Hurdler Nnamdi Onwaeze missed out on the 110m gold at the CAA region 2 Championships, but missing the 13.00 mark was more of a disappointment for him.
Onwaeze who won the national trials earlier in August faced a formidable foe in Serges Taha of Cote d’Ivoire at the University of Ghana sports complex. Taha who is the Ivorian record holder at 13.33secs took the gold at 13.99secs. Onwaeze picked the second spot with 14.33, slower than the 14.13, he did at national trials. He was looking forward to improving on his personal best 13.63secs.
” For me it was disappointing race…I didn’t have enough warm up and it was my first time scaling over a hurdle after the national trials. Things could have been better with lots more conditioning.
“But I will keep working to improve on my race and timing, next year hopefully, I would be where I want to be.”
In the women’s 100m hurdles there was no Nigerian entry in the event.
Onwaeze’s silver was the only medal won in the morning session of the opening day.