Nigeria, Aug. 7 -- Jessica Oji has written her name into Nigeria's athletics history after becoming the country's first-ever field event gold medallist at the World U20 Athletics Championships.

The 19-year-old won the women's shot put title early Friday morning in Oregon with a superb throw of 18.08 metres, becoming the first Nigerian to win a world title in a field event at the competition.

Oji produced an outstanding and consistent series throughout the final. She opened with 18.05m, improved to a winning mark of 18.08m, followed with 17.95m, before recording two fouls. She finished with another impressive throw of 18.07m to seal the historic victory.

She was the only athlete in the competition to throw beyond the 18-metre mark.

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