President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Tonobok Okowa is counting on the presence of many in-form track and field stars to win a horde of medals for the country at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Sports247 reports that Okowa revealed this when he expressed a high level of confidence heading into the first day of athletics at Glasgow 2026, where he believes Nigeria has a team capable of winning seven gold medals.
He took another look at the array of stars in Team Nigeria’s squad and reckoned that the athletes will hit off top marks from the word go on Monday, when action began at 10:10am with the men’s 100m first round races.
Nigeria’s current 100m national champion, Favour Ashe will first feature from Lane 4 in Heat 1, following which Fakorede Adekalu will run from Lane 3 in Heat 10, with high expectations that they will both advance to the next round.
Okowa enthused further that Nigeria stands to get more medals in track and field this year, because he reckons that the country is at Glasgow 2026 with its best contingent in recent years.
He praised some of the athletes who were born abroad for accepting to feature for their parents’ country, while many others snubbed lucrative offers for a switch in nationality.
“The number of top Nigerian athletes participating at the Games is encouraging. This is an excellent spirit, and it signals a renewed commitment to representing their fatherland at international competitions.
“The presence of top Nigerian athletes has heightened expectations from the country’s track and field squad at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Scotland,” Okowa submittted.
Sports247 gathered further that Nigeria will also feature in hammer throw and para-athletics events on Day 1 of track and field contests at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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