Nigeria’s athletes returned dwelling and not using a single medal for the eighth time in Olympic historical past, as Group Nigeria concluded its Paris 2024 Olympic marketing campaign on Saturday.
A complete of 88 athletes featured throughout 12 sports activities for Nigeria on the Paris Olympic Video games.
Hannah Reuben misplaced her Ladies’s Freestyle 76kg battle early Saturday to successfully put the nation’s slim hope of constructing the rostrum to relaxation.
Mongolia’s Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan defeated her 5-2 within the spherical of 16 tie, capping off the nation’s worst Olympic outing since London 2012.
Nonetheless, athletes of Nigerian heritage who represented different nations gained medals.
SALWA EID NASER
The Nigerian-born athlete gained silver for Bahrain within the 400m ladies’s occasion on the Olympics.
The athlete was previously referred to as Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu. She picked up athletics early in Nigeria and carried out on the 2013 Faculty Sports activities in Port Harcourt and the Nationwide Youth Video games in Ilorin.
Nonetheless, the athlete left Nigeria for Bahrain when she was 15, transformed to Islam, and altered her title.
YEMISI OGUNLEYE
Ogunleye was born in Germany to a European mom and a Nigerian father.
She gained gold for the nation of her start in shotput on the 2024 Paris Olympics, the primary for the nation since Astrid Kumbernuss in 1996.
She identifies with the nation of her start and is pleased with her Nigerian heritage.
ANNETTE ECHIKUNWOKE
Echikunwoke was to characterize Nigeria on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics however was dominated ineligible after the Athletics Federation of Nigeria didn’t observe correct steps.
She switched allegiance to the USA and gained a silver medal within the hammer throw, the primary American lady to win a medal within the sport.
SAMUEL OMORODION
Omorodion is a Spanish skilled footballer of Nigerian descent who performs as a striker.
He was a part of the Spanish crew that gained the gold medal within the males’s soccer event.
He missed the ultimate match in preparation for his transfer from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea.
