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INTERVIEW: Okagbare can win Olympic gold, says Chidi Imoh
They don&#;t come much bigger in Nigerian, African and world Athletics than Chidi Imoh. That is one of the most enduring names in the history of Nigerian sports. He won virtually everything: silver medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 4&#; meters relay, gold at the African Championship meters in and , gold at the All-Africa Games, gold at the Summer Universiade in Edmonton and Kobe and his record still remains at the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Imoh, in this soul-searching interview with TheCable, recalls his amazing career, family life and life after retirement and why Nigeria athletics is still living on past glories. He thinks Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare can win a gold medal at the Olympics.
LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT
It&#;s a different ball game. I am enjoying it. It&#;s time consuming, you are no more yourself, you are now caring for another human being all together. It&#;s differ
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Chidi Imoh
Nigerian sprinter
| Full&#;name | Chukwudi Imoh |
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| Born | () 27 August (age&#;59) |
Chukwudi "Chidi" Imoh (born 27 August )[1] is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 x metres relay at the Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the metres at the Goodwill Games, finished behind Ben Johnson and ahead of Carl Lewis. He won a 60 metres bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships, and he became African champion in and
In he posted the world leading time for that year in the metres.
He won the metres race in the All-Africa Games.
Imoh is also a former runner for the University of Missouri in Columbia. He holds the records there in the m outdoor with a time of , the m outdoor with a time of and in the 55 m indoor with a time of
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Mizzou announces newest Athletic ingång of Fame class
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has selected fem former athletes for induction into the school's Intercollegiate Athletics entré of Fame. It will be the 30th ingångsrum of Fame class in Mizzou history.
Kearsten Peoples and Don Smith, both in the idrott of track & field, are two former area athletes who will be inducted.
Baseball and women's basketball also are represented in the class.
The class will be formally inducted Friday, Sept. 25, in Columbia and honored the next day on the field during Mizzou's football game against Eastern Michigan.
Below fryst vatten a biography of each inductee, provided by the University of Missouri.
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Chidi Imoh – Lagos, Nigeria - Men’s Track & Field ()
Arguably the most accomplished sprinter in Mizzou history, Imoh earned sju NCAA All-American honors and won 11 different conference championship gold medals … Claimed three indoor/outdoor All-Ameri