Commonwealth Games: Silver, bronze for Nigeria in women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays

Nigeria on Saturday won bronze in the women’s 4x100m relay event of the Commonwealth Games.

The quartet of Blessing Okagbare, Oluwayobiloba Amusan, Isoken Igbinosun and Rosemary Chukwuma ran 42.72 seconds.

The England quartet won the gold medal in a time of 42.46 seconds. Jamaica won silver in 42.52 seconds.

Meanwhile, Nigeria won silver in the women’s 4x400m.

Patience Okon-George, Yinka Ajayi, Folashade Abugan and Glory Nathaniel came second in a time of 3:24:29.

Jamaica won the gold medal in a time of 3:24:00 and Botswana set a national record of 3:25:86 to take bronze.

Earlier, the Nigerian quartet of Seye Ogunlewe, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Usheorishe Itsekiri and Enoch Adegoke were disqualified in the men’s 4 x100m after dropping the baton.

England won the gold with a season best of 38.13 seconds while South Africa won silver with a national record of 38.24 seconds.

Jamaica took the bronze medal with a season best of 38.35 seconds.