Nigeria achieve historic sprint double at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games

Nigerian sprinting is in red-hot form after Gift Bright and Rosemary Chigozie Nwankwo won gold medals in the men's and women's 100m finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday 8 November. Rosemary Nwankwo kicked off Nigeria's medal charge in the women's 100m, commanding her race from start to finish, to stop the clock in a wind-assisted 11.16 (+2.4m/s). The United Arab Emirates' Arwa Ali won silver in 11.41 and Qatar's Dana Salem took bronze in 11.48. "There was no pressure on me. I run my race. I focused on me, and I did it," said Nwankwo, who retained the women's 100m title won by compatriot and namesake Rosemary Chukwuma eight years ago at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. "I have prayed for this moment, and I did it!