NSF 2022: Enekwechi shatters national record in hammer throw

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, on Wednesday, broke a 36-year-old national Hammer record at the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival (NSF) in Asaba.

Enekwechi threw the hammer over 67.45 metres to beat the 66.92m set by Christian Okoye at Westwood in the U.S. in 1986, seven years before he was born.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the athlete, who also beat the 59m NSF record, is representing Delta, the host state of the apex sports competition.

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