Former Nigeria track and field international, Olympian Henry Amike believes Nathaniel Ezekiel has proved he has the talent to make history as the first Nigerian man to run inside 48 seconds in the 400m hurdles.

Nathaniel Friday evening ran a new 48.29 lifetime best at the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational on the Percy Beard Track at the James G. Pressly Stadium in Florida to break the 48.42 Nigerian record he set almost two years ago at the Big 12 Championships in Lubbock, Texas.

With that achievement, Nathaniel has moved to number 13 on the African all-time list and could become the first Nigerian to break 48 seconds in the event.

Amike, a World Championships’ finalist in the event is impressed with the incredible rise of the 20 year old who around this time in 2021 was just a 53.2
runner.

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