Nigeria, June 23 -- Favour Ashe delivered one of the greatest sprint performances ever witnessed on Nigerian soil on Tuesday, storming to a personal best of 9.93 seconds to win the men's 100 metres title at the Commonwealth Games Trials in Lagos.

The performance, achieved with a legal wind reading of +0.5m/s, made Ashe the fastest Nigerian man ever on home soil and capped a historic final at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex.

Nicholas Fakorede finished second in a personal best of 9.98 seconds, while Chidera Ezeakor also produced a lifetime best of 10.03 seconds to place third.

The race entered Nigerian athletics history as Ashe and Fakorede became the first Nigerian sprinters to break the 10-second barrier in the same race...