Praise Ugoh wins 400m gold at Dakar Youth Olympics
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Nigeria’s Praise Ugoh won women’s 400m gold at the Dakar Youth Olympics in 52.76 seconds, taking Nigeria’s athletics gold tally to three. She is the first Nigerian to win the event at the Games, according to Leadership.
Nigeria’s Praise Ugoh won the women’s 400m at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics in 52.76 seconds, a personal best, ahead of Venezuela’s Osmary Pacheco (52.85) and Aisha Muhammed of the United Arab Emirates (53.06), according to Leadership.
Ugoh became the first Nigerian athlete to win the women’s 400m title at the Youth Olympics. Her success brings the number of gold medals won by Nigeria in athletics at Dakar to three, after the men’s and women’s 100m titles won by Rosemary Chigozie Nwankwo and Gift Bright.
