Rosemary Chigozie Nwankwo is the new African secondary school champion, winning the GOLD medal in the Girls’ 100m at the school games in Algiers.
Nwankwo led a Nigerian 1-2 in the final, winning the title in a time of 11.75s beating her teammate and friend, Miracle Oluebube Ezechukwu who finished 2nd in the race with a time of 11.83s. Ndoulou Boukama from Congo Brazzaville, got the Bronze medal, finishing 3rd in 12.19s.
You have got to be happy for Chigozie; she had always finished 2nd to Miracle at major competitions, but her time finally came, and she has moved from being the ‘Maid of honour’ to the Bride
1st August 2025 Rosemary Nwankwo Chigozie set the tone in the girls’ 100m heats flying to a Personal Best of 11.71s to win her race with authority. Fast forward to today, and she’s the new African School Games Champion, clocking 11.75s to take gold.
Right beside her every step of the way was Miracle Ezechukwu Nigeria’s U18 sprint queen, who cruised through her heat and returned with even more poise to take silver in 11.86s. Back to back brilliance.
Both athletes are products of @nyouthsports nurtured under the sharp eye of Coach Abdulhakeem Idris one of Nigeria’s brightest young coaching minds, quietly building a sprint dynasty and redefining youth athletics in Nigeria.
This is more than a medal haul it’s a movement. Nigeria is sprinting into the future, one champion at a time
