By Monica Iheakam
World Athletics has given member nations until July 4, 2022 to submit their final list selections for the Oregon 2022 championship billed to start from July 15-24, 2022.
A total of 1900 athletes have qualified to compete at the event with the qualification period for individual track and field disciplines closed on June 26 following a busy weekend of national championships action, while the invitation process for relays ended on June 28.
The world body on their website, listed Nigerian athletes among those that have qualified from 200 countries.
Some of the Nigerian track and field stars listed includes; 200m women, Grace Nkwocha qualified by standard entry10.97 ((+ 0.6) at Hayward Field, Eugene Oregon, USA, Tobi Amusan qualified by entry standard 11.14 (0.0) at Albuquerque, USA and Rosemary Chukwuma qualified by entry standard 10.99 (+1.0) at Hayward field, Eugene Oregon, USA.
Meanwhile, World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe said: “The end of the qualifying period is an important milestone on the way to our World Championships and the final qualified list is a good indicator of the unparalleled strength of our sport around the world.