Quincy Hall storms to 400m gold, Nigeria’s Ogazi disappoints
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Quincy Hall of the United States of America (USA) came first in the race in a time of 43.40 seconds to claim the gold medal, while Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain won the silver medal in a time of 43.44 seconds.
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
United States of America’s (USA) Quincy Hall stormed to the 400m gold on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics, while Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi failed to spark.
Ogazi placed a disappointing seventh position to miss out of the medal zone.
Ogazi, 18, had shattered a 24-year old record by advancing to the semi-finals in the men’s 400m.
Ogazi ran a new personal best of 44.50 seconds, finishing 2nd behind USA’s Hall, who won the race in 44.28 seconds in the semi-finals.
Ogazi’s impressive performance marked the first time in 24 years that a Nigerian male quarter-miler qualified for the 400m semifinals at the Olympics.
But on Wednesday, he ran a time of 44.73 seconds in the final to place seventh in the race.
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