Team Nigeria finished 13th on the overall medal placement, and third best placed country from Africa at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, the United States.
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Team Nigeria picked up a valuable Gold in the 100m Hurdles even, with winner Tobi Amusan smashing the World Record in the process.
Also Olympic Bronze medallist, Ese Brume picked up a silver medal in the Long Jump event, improving on her Bronze at the last Olympics and last World Athletics Championship in Doha.
For the African representatives, team Nigeria finished in the top three, behind Kenya and Ethiopia with Uganda finishing in fourth place.
The United States of America finished first in the medal table with 33 medals (13 gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals.
Ethiopia sat in second position after clinching four gold, four silver and two bronze medals, third-placed Jamaica amassed two gold, seven silver and one bronze medals.
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