The Confederation of African Athletics has selected 77 athletes to represent the continent at the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the competition is scheduled to hold from September 8 to 9 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The 21st African Senior Championships in Asaba from August 1 to 5 was used to select the squad consisting of 20 athletes from South Africa, 16 from Nigeria, nine from Kenya, six from Morocco, with Egypt and Ethiopia have four each.
Other athletes were picked from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Burundi, Swaziland, Uganda and Djibouti.
The Nigerians are Tobi Amusan (100m, 4x100m), Glory Nathaniel (400m hurdles, 4x400m), Grace Anigbata (triple jump), Temilola Ogunrinde (hammer), Kelechi Nwanaga (javelin).
Others are Blessing Okagbare (4x100m), Joy Udo-Gabriel (4x100m), Rosemary Chukwuma (4x100m), Ese Brume (long jump), Chioma Onyekwere (discus), Divine Oduduru (men’s 200m), Abejoye Oyeniyi (110m hurdles) and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (shot put).
The rest are Yinka Ajayi and Mercy Ntia-Obong were named as reserves in the women’s 4x400m and 4x100m relay teams, while Chidi Okezie was selected as a reserve in the men’s 4x400m.
The athletes listed for the women’s 4x400m in Ostrava are South Africa’s Caster Semenya, Nigeria’s Glory Nathaniel and Botswana’s Christine Botlogetswe, while South Africa’s Phora Thapelo, Botswana’s Baboloki Thebe and Nijel Amos were named on the men’s 4x400m squad for Africa.
