Official medal table from the World Athletics has confirmed that Nigeria finished 13th on the overall placement at the just-concluded global championships, and third-best placed country from Africa.
Team Nigeria picked up a valuable Gold in the 100m Hurdles even, with winner Tobi Amusan smashing the World Record in the process. Also Olympic Bronze medalist, Ese Brume picked up a silver medal in the Long Jump event, improving on her Bronze at the last Olympics and last World Athletics Championship in Doha.
For the African representatives, Nigeria finished in the top three, behind Kenya and Ethiopia with Uganda finishing in fourth place.
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