the world athletics after retaining the national women's 100m crown
for the fifth time at the Cross River State All Nigeria Athletics
Championships. No other athlete, male or female, has achieved a
similar feat.
The Delta State-born athlete also ended Nigeria's 14-year medal
drought at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow by winning
a silver and a bronze, which she won in the women's long jump and the
200m event respectively. The 24-year-old's feat placed Nigeria in the
24th position in the medals table at the championships.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt confirmed his dominance in the men's sprints,
especially with the suspension of compatriot Asafa Powell and Tyson
Gay, who were banned for drug use.
Bolt was joined in sprinting supremacy by Jamaican compatriot
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who completed her own 100m-200m double as
200m queen, Alyson Felix, had to be stretchered off from the track.
Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko won a sensational high jump final, Kenyan
Edna Kiplagat became the first woman to retain a marathon world title
and Yelena Isinbayeva delighted her home fans in the pole vault
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