Temitope Adeshina has become the Nigerian woman in history to scale a height of 1.97m in high jump, after her superb performance in the final at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships in the US.
Adeshina’s feat met the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying standard and by this she will be the first athlete to represent Nigeria in the high jump event at the Olympics, since Doreen Amata at the games in Rio 2016.
The 25-year-old who now holds the high jump indoor and outdoor national records previously held by Amata came third she finished behind Rose Yeboah and Elena Kulichenko who tied for first place.
In June 2022, Adeshina who won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in Mauritius, also won the Nigerian championship high jump title in 2022 and retained her Nigerian championship title in 2023.
