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NTIC Student, Miracle Breaks MTN CHAMPS Record, To Represent Nigeria At PERU
Miracle Oluebube Ezechukwu, of Nigerian Tulip International Colleges, Abuja, has made an explosive return in Season 2 of the School Athletics Championships.
The sprinter raced to a stunning Personal Best (PB) of 11.75secs (+0.4) to win her U-20 semifinal heat whilst competing on Day 2 of MTN CHAMPS Jos at the New Jos Stadium, improving by almost two-tenths of seconds, the PB (11.91secs) that she ran during the heats of the competition.
Ezechukwu who moved up from the Youth category into the Junior class, broke the MTN CHAMPS outright 100m Record of 11.82secs.
She went on to win GOLD in 11.81secs as her teammate, Chigozie Nwankwo, who broke 12secs for the first time in her career during the semis (11.95secs), settled for Silver in 12.02secs. Ojone Akubo-Adegbe was 3rd in 12.38secs.
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