Nigeria’s Chioma Onyekwere Breaks 16-year African Record

Nigeria’s Chioma Onyekwere was at her best performance in the women’s Discus Throw where she achieved a stunning personal best (PB) of 64.96m.

This cheery news makes the 2023 athletics season very promising good on the horizon, with with these heartwarming performances from some of the Nigerian superstars.

Over tge weekend at Oklahoma Throws Series in Ramona, the Discuss prodigy, Chioma Onyekwere delivered a mind-blowing performance in the women’s discus throw, where she achieved a massive personal best (PB) of 64.96m.

Apart from winning the event with her stunning throw, Chioma Onyekwere also shattered the 16-year-old African record set by the phenomenal South Africa’s Elizna Naudé with her massive winning throw.

Heartwarming and reassuring it is to know that Onyekwere has met and also surpassed the World Championship qualification criteria with her latest display though she already has a ticket to Budapest with her status as an African champion.

Her trajectory this season has been steadily upward, her opening throw few weeks ago measured 55.88m, and her subsequent improvement to 60.79m last weekend.

Her new PB surpasses her previous mark of 63.30m by more than a meter and a half.

Recall that the athlete enjoyed the best of outings in 2022, where she won gold at the African Championships in Mauritius and at the 2022 Commonwealth Games; becoming the first Nigerian woman in history to do so, there is optimism that 2023 will be even better for the America-based athlete who is also an engineer and from Abia state.