Olympic champion Enefiok Udo-Obong has presented 17-year-old Iyanuoluwa Aderemi with a ?500,000 cash reward after she clocked 50.95 seconds in the women’s 400m at the 2026 Dynamic Athletics Meet, comfortably beating the 51.80-second qualifying standard he had set.
Aderemi, who hails from Akoko, Ondo State, ran the time at the Yabatech Sports Complex in Lagos, setting a personal best in one of the standout performances of the meet’s third edition. She received the reward on Wednesday at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Udo-Obong, a member of Nigeria’s gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, had pledged ?500,000 each to the male and female 400m winners who met his stipulated standards of 45.50 seconds and 51.80 seconds respectively.
Presenting the reward, Udo-Obong urged Aderemi to treat the run as the start of a longer development process rather than a peak, pointing to the 2027 season as her next target. He also called on stakeholders in Nigerian athletics to rally behind promising talents and give them the support needed to progress to the highest level.
The presentation was witnessed by Dynamic Athletics Meet founder and CEO Olabanji Ayegbusi, Aderemi’s coach Adeleye Ogunmakinju, veteran coach and former national head coach Armelia Edet, Lagos State Athletics Performance Director Abiodun Ibrahim, and Lagos State athletics coach Bamise Emmanuel.
Udo-Obong currently serves as Technical Adviser to the Saudi Arabia Athletics Federation. He was Technical Director at the African U-18 and U-20 Athletics Championships in Abeokuta and at the Niger Delta Games in Benin City, Edo State, earlier this year.
The Dynamic Athletics Meet, first held in 2024, provides a platform for young and established athletes to compete alongside one another.