Praise Ugoh ran a personal best of 52.76 seconds to win the women’s 400m at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, beating Venezuela’s Osmary Pacheco in 52.85 and the UAE’s Aisha Muhammed in 53.06.
She becomes the first Nigerian woman to win the event at a Youth Olympics. Her gold came a day after Gift Bright and Rosemary Chigozie Nwankwo completed Nigeria’s first men’s and women’s 100m double at the same edition, with Bright setting a Games record of 10.28 seconds.
Source: Leadership
