Nigeria will take part in four of the six events
slated for the World Athletics Relays which holds in Guangzhou China between
May 10 and 11.
The Nigerian contingent will feature in 4 x 100m relay
men, 4 x 100m relay women, 4 x 100m mixed relay and 4 x 400m mixed relay.
According to the Secretary of the Athletics Federation
of Nigeria (AFN), Israel Inwang Mfon, in fielding the four events, the
Federation had to place premium on areas of comparative advantage and medal
prospects.
It will be noted that at the 2024 edition of the World
Athletics Relays in Nassau Bahamas, all the non-Olympics events were removed.
Before then, there were events like 4 x 800m relay, 4 x 1500m relay, 4 x 200m relay, distance medley relay,
shuttle huddles relay and 2 x 2 x 400m relay.
These non-Olympics events were removed in 2024 and
only the Olympics events namely 4 x 100m relay and 4 x 400m relay were
retained. The mixed versions of these events will bring the number of events at
the 2025 edition in Guangzhou China to six.
Nassau 2024 featured five events, but the introduction
of a mixed 4 x 100m relays at Guangzhou 2025 will bring the number to six.
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