Nigerian athletes set for Ultimate Championship as World Athletics confirms final entries
World Athletics has confirmed the final entry lists for the inaugural Ultimate Championship, with nine Nigerian athletes set to compete in Budapest, Hungary, from September 11 to 13.
A total of 381 athletes from 65 federations will compete at the National Athletics Centre as the new championship makes its debut on the global athletics calendar.
Nigeria will feature in five individual events and the mixed 4x100m relay, with Tobi Amusan, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Udodi Onwuzurike, Ezekiel Nathaniel and Ella Onojuvwevwo named for the individual competitions.
Amusan will compete in the women’s 100m hurdles, while Ajayi will represent Nigeria in the men’s 100m.
Team Nigeria prepares for inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest
Ajayi heads to Budapest after a breakthrough season that saw him become the first Nigerian male athlete to reach the men’s 100m final at the Diamond League. He finished third in the final in Brussels.
Onwuzurike has been entered for the men’s 200m, with Nathaniel set to compete in the men’s 400m hurdles. Onojuvwevwo will contest the women’s 400m.
Nigeria will also compete in the mixed 4x100m relay after securing automatic qualification at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone earlier this year.
The relay pool comprises Alaba Akintola, Favour Ashe, Onwuzurike, Amusan, Miracle Ezechukwu and Chigozie Nwankwo.
Onwuzurike and Amusan are therefore set to compete in both individual and relay events at the three-day championship.
The Ultimate Championship brings together Olympic champions, world champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and leading performers from the 2026 season, with the inaugural edition set to provide a new platform for the sport’s top athletes to compete against one another.
With the final entries now confirmed, Nigeria’s nine-athlete contingent will head to Budapest for the first edition of the championship.