Nigerian sprinter Favour Ashe made an impressive start to his Commonwealth Games campaign after winning his men’s 100m heat in commanding fashion on Wednesday in Glasgow. According to Making of Champions on X, Ashe clocked 10.10 seconds in Heat 1 with a legal wind reading of +1.5m/s, comfortably finishing ahead……
Nigerian sprinter Favour Ashe made an impressive start to his Commonwealth Games campaign after winning his men’s 100m heat in commanding fashion on Wednesday in Glasgow.
According to Making of Champions on X, Ashe clocked 10.10 seconds in Heat 1 with a legal wind reading of +1.5m/s, comfortably finishing ahead of Kenya’s Meshack Babu, who placed second in 10.21 seconds.
The post reads, “Favour Ashe 🇳🇬 clocked a time of 10.10s (+1.5) to win heat 1 of the men’s 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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He was a clear winner over Meshack Babu 🇰🇪 in 2nd with 10.21s, even shutting it down after he got into a clear lead.”
The Nigerian was in complete control of the race, opening up a decisive lead before easing off in the closing metres to secure victory and book his place in the next round.
Ashe’s dominant performance underlined his status as one of Nigeria’s leading sprint hopes at the Games as he continues his pursuit of a podium finish in the men’s 100m.
