By Kazeem Ugbodaga
United States of America’s (USA) Quincy Hall stormed to the 400m gold on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics, while Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi failed to spark.
Ogazi placed a disappointing seventh position to miss out of the medal zone.
Ogazi, 18, had shattered a 24-year old record by advancing to the semi-finals in the men’s 400m.
Ogazi ran a new personal best of 44.50 seconds, finishing 2nd behind USA’s Hall, who won the race in 44.28 seconds in the semi-finals.
Ogazi’s impressive performance marked the first time in 24 years that a Nigerian male quarter-miler qualified for the 400m semifinals at the Olympics.
But on Wednesday, he ran a time of 44.73 seconds in the final to place seventh in the race.
Hall came from behind to steal the show from Hudson-Smith to claim the gold medal.
Muzala Samukonga of Zambia won the bronze medal in a time of 43.74 seconds.
