Nigeria, July 28 -- Team Nigeria's athletics campaign gathered momentum on Tuesday as five athletes secured places in the men's and women's 400m semi-finals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Edidiong Udo led the charge in the men's event, producing an impressive performance to win Heat One in 45.73 seconds on his international debut for Nigeria over the distance. The 27-year-old finished almost a second ahead of the rest of the field to book his place in Wednesday's semi-finals at Scotstoun Stadium.

His qualification means Nigeria will have two athletes in the men's 400m semi-finals, with Samuel Ogazi having received a bye into the last four as one of the event's top-ranked athletes.

In the women's event, Nigeria will also hav...