Four African Teams Qualify For Olympic Games

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Four African Teams Qualify For Olympic Games

WORLD RELAYS DAY 1 - Four African teams qualified for the Olympics!

Four African teams have qualified for the Olympics on the first day of the World relays
- 3 in the men's 4x400m: Botswana 🇧🇼, South Africa 🇿🇦 and Nigeria 🇳🇬
- 1 in the mixed 4x400m: Nigeria 🇳🇬

These teams will compete for prize money tomorrow in the final (from US$40,000 to the winner to US$2,000 for eighth place).

The other teams will have one more chance at Olympic qualification tomorrow (by claiming one of the top two spots in their race).

World Relays, Nassau (Bahamas) 4/5/2024
MEN
●4x100m: Nigeria 38.47, South Africa, 38.83, Liberia 39.07, Kenya 39.38, Ghana DQ (dropped the baton)
●4x400m: Botswana 2:59.73 Q, South Africa 2:59.76 Q, Nigeria 31.79 Q (Qualified for Paris 2024), Kenya 33:29, Zambia 35.00, Senegal 399

WOMEN
●4x100m: Côte d'Ivoire 42.83, Liberia 43.15, Nigeria 43.15
●4x400m: Zambia 3:35.37, Botswana 3:40.66, Kenya 3:40.66, Nigeria DNS (not a full team due to injuries and visa issues)

MIXED
●Mixed 4x400m: Nigeria 3:13.79 Q (Qualified for Paris 2024), South Africa 3:15.95, Botswana 3:18.48, Kenya 3:19.90

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