Favour Ashe has qualified for the World Athletics Championships

Twenty-year-old sprint sensation, Favour Ashe has won the National 100m title and qualified for the World Athletics Championships, while Grace Nwokwocha dominated the women’s final.

Ashe, defeated Alaba Akintola and multiple national champion Seye Ogunlewe to win with a new personal best time of 9.99seconds at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City, Edo State.

It was the first legal sub-10 time for Ashe after running a wind-aided 9.79seconds on the American Collegiate circuit

In the women’s 100m final, Nwokwocha dominated the race to win with a time of 11.03seconds, defeating Rosemary Chukwuma, Tima Godbless and Joy Udo-Gabriel, who made up the top four.