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“I am sorry to say this but the result could reflect in our performances when the Olympics commence this week. “Nigerians should ensure they support these athletes in every way when the Games starts. “Let’s unite in support of our athletes as they embark on this remarkable journey.

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The Ethiopians are projected to finish 17th on the final medal table with a total of 17 medals made up of five gold, six silver and six bronze medals. Victoria Ohuruogu, representing Great Britain, won a bronze medal in the women’s 4×400 meters relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ohuruogu, the younger sister of former Olympic gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu, has followed in her sister’s footsteps by contributing to Britain’s success in the relay. Her performance in Paris solidified her status as a top athlete in her own right, and her bronze medal added to the family’s Olympic legacy. Samu Omorodion, who represented Spain in men’s football, achieved the highest honor by winning a gold medal.

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Breakthroughs were made with first gold medals in artistic swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, women’s boxing and in singles tennis. Adeleke, who qualified for the final was aiming to become the first Irish athlete to win a track and field medal at the Olympics since Rob Heffernan did so retrospectively at London 2012. Omorodion was part of the Spanish squad that triumphed over host nation France, securing a 5-3 win in extra time to claim the Olympic gold.

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And, as Wanyonyi demonstrates, the talent search should be cast beyond the traditional geographical and cultural catchment areas. Athlete Sifan Hassan was praised after wearing a hijab to accept her gold medal for a record-breaking marathon, defying the ban. Kaylia Nemour from Algeria made history as the first debut African gymnast to claim an Olympic medal by winning the gold in the even bars category. “We did everything as a Ministry to prepare the athletes adequately and provide them with every financial support but unfortunately the performance did not produce any podium finish.

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• D’Tigress were the first female basketball team in Africa to qualify for the Olympics, win a preliminary round and make it to the quarter-finals.
• In a hallmark of good leadership, both the Minister and his Permanent Secretary were fully on the ground to ensure that all logistics, kits, accommodation and allowances of the athletes were duly paid.
• This would enable our athletes to compete better and possibly win medals, moving forward.
• Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred delivered a brilliant performance to win the women’s 100 metre gold medal with a national record timing of 10.72 seconds, beating USA’s world champion Sha’Carri Richardson into silver.
• After suffering a 3-1 loss to Japan, the Super Falcons are out of the Olympics.

Samu Omorodion was part of the Spanish football team that won gold in the men’s category. There is also Antoinette Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu (can any name be more Nigerian than that?) but she competed at the Olympics and got a silver medal not for Nigeria but Bahrain. In her case, she not only abandoned Nigeria, she even changed her name to Salwa Eid Naser to identify fully with her chosen country and new religion.

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What we have with the Ministry are civil servants who take decisions for sports without adequate knowledge of what they manage. Sports management is blighted by lack of competence which in turn drives gross mis-management that affect the federations with the Nigeria Olympic Committee at the apex of the obtuse arrangement. The remnants of Seoul, and athletes who had matured from the American school system, helped. The sports programmes at home were stronger and also had funding, administrations was better than today. Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan President told Egbunike during the medal ceremony, “This Innocent is not innocent”. Back to the calls with Ugbisien, we joked about the $12,000 scholarship he has been owed since the spectacular victory in the 4×400m relay that keep spectators at Kasarani Stadium, outside Nairobi, on their feet.

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Someone once said a foreign coach will never train you to beat his country’s athlete. “As we go back home we must do everything to prevent future occurrence of the Paris disaster and if this will entail the review of how people are elected to lead our sporting Federations, it will be done. Before this, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach praised the Paris Games, calling them a showcase of sport at its finest. The Paris 2024 Olympic games came to an end with a closing ceremony held at the Stade de France Stadium on Sunday night of August 11, at the French capital. Ethiopia will top the Olympic medal table for Africa, a supercomputer has predicted, with USA, China and Great Britain pegged to occupy the top three. Zambia, New Zealand, Australia and Nigeria were the four teams eliminated from the Games this week, with world champion Spain, South American champion Brazil and Olympic champion Canada all still standing as the knockout stage prepares to begin.

• The 22-year-old Hodgkinson, who won silver in Tokyo 2020, sprinted out to an early lead.
• The next Summer Games will hold in Los Angeles, California, the United States of America (USA), in 2028, making it the 4th time the country will host the global sporting community.
• However, at the Paris Olympics, Team Kenya’s women won seven medals while the men won four.
• The song’s moving lyrics perfectly reflected the Olympic Games’ spirit of unity, love, and celebration.
• If there is a need to revamp youth tournaments across the country to identify raw talents to be groomed to represent the country in future tournaments, he should do so without prevarication.

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Top officials have tipped the Super Falcons as well as several women athletes to win medals for Nigeria at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. Enoh said placing second overall on the final medals table at the Africa Games  was a heroic feat for the Nigerian athletes, but wondered why they could not break any games’ records in the process. The surfing competition at Paris 2024 will consist of men’s and women’s shortboard events. Each event will follow a similar format to the one used in the World Surf League (WSL) competitions.

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The National Assembly should speed up the process of passing the Bill for the establishment of the NSC which has been gathering dust on its shelves. Oyesade Olatoye’s first appearance at her debut Olympics ended with the Nigerian athlete throwing 66.41 meters, landing her in 14th place in her group of 16 and 29th in the overall rankings. Chioma Onyekwere, Obiageri Amaechi and Ashley Anumba represented Nigeria in the Women’s Discus Throw preliminary stage. Onyekwere, Anumba and Amaechi placed 21st, 29th, and 32nd in the overall standings, which knocks them out of qualifying for the next rounds. She has four Olympic medals, making her the most decorated South African Olympian. The 17-year-old’s dynamic routine, showcasing various intricate release-and-catch manoeuvres, thrilled the spectators who had gathered to cheer for a gymnast who had formerly competed for France.

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Surfers will compete in a series of heats, with each heat lasting around 30 to 35 minutes. During these heats, surfers aim to catch the best waves and perform a variety of maneuvers to earn points from the judges. Speaking on Sunday, August 11, Zhou Jinqiang, vice chief of the Chinese delegation, praised China’s athletes for their record-breaking performance, with the country securing a total of 91 medals. The ceremony started with Leon Marchand, who won four gold medals in swimming for France, taking the Olympic flame from the Tuileries Gardens and starting its journey to the stadium.

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Their participation alone in the global arena is an experience that many of the athletes would cherish and improve upon. That conversation about the financial cost of the tournament to Nigeria should be set aside. Our athletes have gained exposure to the dynamics of global meets and can only be better prepared for the future. Japan also made history in other sports, such as breaking, which made its Olympic debut, and women’s athletics field events, where Haruka Kitaguchi won Japan’s first-ever gold medal in the javelin throw. While there were some disappointments, such as Japan’s judo team not performing as well as expected, the country’s overall performance was a significant improvement from previous Olympics. According to Japan’s Chef de Mission Mitsugi Ogata, the results demonstrate that Japanese athletes are capable of competing at the highest level and that the country is on the right track in its sports development.

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The minister of sports development, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has admitted that Nigeria’s performance at the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympics in France fell short of his expectation, saying he expected the athletes to  win several medals.. He further stated that all hands must be on deck to ensure Nigeria’s athletes not only win gold medals in Paris, but they should also break records and enact new milestones. The US’s win, their eighth straight Olympic women’s basketball title, gave them their fourth gold, matching China. However, the US led the medal table due to having more silver and other medals.

In a moment that will significantly impact Indian sports culture, Vinesh Phogat’s remarkable path to the women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling final was abruptly halted when she was disqualified before the final match for exceeding the weight limit by 100 grams. After Iman Khelif, a female Algerian boxer, was declared the winner over Angela Carini from Italy. Carini told reporters she had never experienced such hard punches in her career.

We must accept this reality in good faith and begin to plan for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. China’s athletes were particularly impressive, winning gold in all categories except for the mixed doubles, where they still secured the top spot​. This victory marks D’Tigress’ first-ever qualification for the Olympic basketball quarter-finals. Nigeria performed brilliantly in the group stage, amassing five classification points and leading the pack, with France set to face Australia later in the day. In a previous report, Legit.ng revealed that Usain Bolt confessed to eating over 1,000 chicken nuggets during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he won two gold medals. The NSC will aggregate our sports assets, manage them with a rolling plan that would integrate the various top global events that culminate in the Olympic Games.

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Omorodion, eligible to play for Nigeria, helped Spain win gold in the men’s football event. Though the outing in Paris marks the eighth time Nigeria will finish the Olympic Games without a medal, analysts contend it is the worst ever, given the number of athletes (88) and sports (12) the country participated in at the Paris Games. Still, the American team was disqualified, and the medals were reallocated in 2012 after the USA team was stripped of the gold medal, making Awazie a gold medallist.

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The Nigerian football team that won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is often hailed as one of the greatest African football teams of all time. As a scholar of east African sport, I have followed Kenya’s performance at the Olympics for decades. While there is much to be celebrated in 2024, there are also clear signs of what the country must focus on if it wants to remain dominant at the next games. So here is a list of what’s going right, what’s going wrong and what needs attention. Kenya topped Africa’s medal tally at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as the east African country did at the last two games in 2020 and 2016. Kenya is a dominant force particularly because of the success of its middle-distance and long-distance runners.

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Tragically, her Olympic dream was shattered when she was disqualified due to Nigeria’s failure to comply with anti-doping regulations. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) could not provide the required number of out-of-competition tests, leading to the disqualification of 10 athletes, including Echikunwoke. Salwa Eid Naser, born Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, has made history by clinching the silver medal in the women’s 400m at the Paris 2024 Olympics, representing Bahrain.

Attention will soon shift to the Paralympic Games, where Nigeria has traditionally excelled, particularly in powerlifting and athletics. Expectations are high for the country’s Paralympians to continue their success and bring pride to the nation. Nigeria’s Paralympic athletes have consistently performed at a high level, and there is hope that they will once again showcase their talent and determination on the world stage. While the Paris 2024 Olympics was a challenging outing for Nigeria, the future holds opportunities for redemption. Looking ahead to the next Summer Olympics, which will be held in Los Angeles, USA, in 2028, Nigeria has an opportunity to improve its performance and regain its standing on the global sports stage.

These achievements serve as motivation not just for the athletes but for their countries as well, inspiring a new generation of sports enthusiasts. South African athletes have showcased their versatility, competing strongly in various disciplines, reflecting the depth of talent across the nation. The achievements of these athletes underscore the need for investment in sports infrastructure and development programs in Nigeria. Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, also known as Chioma Ajunwa, is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player. The Saint Lucian hit second gear, powering through the finish line in a new National Record (NR) and Personal Best (PB) of 10.72s, winning her country’s first Olympic medal of any colour. Australia’s swimming prowess is evident with Mollie O’Callaghan claiming 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze, while Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus have both secured impressive medal hauls.

• Nigeria recorded a first swimming medal in 33years, as well as a medal in handball in 21 years and coming second in the overall medal’s table.
• Côte d’Ivoire, Cabo Verde and Zambia had one bronze medal each, and Nigeria and Ghana closed with no medals.
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• The African champions, against expectations, made it to the quarter-finals in the event, beating world number three and five (Australia and Canada) in the group stage.
• The Nigerian senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, are going to the quarterfinals after beating their Canadian opponents by at the Olympic games.
• Nigeria performed brilliantly in the group stage, amassing five classification points and leading the pack, with France set to face Australia later in the day.

Towards achieving that vision, I want us to contribute to the welfare of our athletes. Let’s make our athletes happier, contribute to more happiness in our country, and bring joy among Nigerians. I have learnt great lessons about life and how things may not always go as planned in some instances. This mindset has helped me a great deal and it is the same mindset I want us compatriots to embrace and emulate. This is on the heels of the fact that it wasn’t like the Nigerian team crashed out disgracefully in all the events. There were outstanding performances which did not necessarily result in medals.

The first individual neutral athlete to medal in the Games was Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of Belarus, who took silver in women’s trampoline. She is also the first female coach of an African team to record a win at the Olympics. The first and only coach of an African women’s team to record a win in the Preliminary rounds of the Olympics and an upset win at the Olympics against a top-ranked team, and the first and only female coach to qualify Nigeria for the Olympics.

With the right investments in sports infrastructure, training, and athlete support, there is optimism that the nation can make a strong comeback and bring home medals. “Having said that, one of the doubts I have concerning Team Nigeria that could limit their chances of winning medals is due to the fact that they will only participate in 12 sporting events. Yemisi Ogunleye, a German shot putter with Nigerian roots, etched her name in Olympic history books by winning gold in the women’s shot put at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ogunleye was born in Germany to a Nigerian father from Omuo-Ekiti in Ekiti State. She broke the African record in her first trip to the country, gearing up to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

From winning gold in shot put to securing silver in the 400 meters and hammer throw, and achieving victory in men’s football, these athletes demonstrated exceptional skill and determination. They upheld a legacy of Nigerian excellence on the global stage, even as they competed for countries other than Nigeria. More worrisome was that some athletes of Nigerian descent competed for other countries. These included those who changed nationalities due to the arbitrary, nepotistic, and capricious attitudes of some Nigerian officials and managers. Watching helplessly as they won medals for their adopted nations triggered psychological discomfort, even emotional torture. Annette Echikunwoke won silver medal for USA in Hammer Throw after being frustrated and chased out of Nigeria by some overzealous officials at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN).

DAILY POST reports that the sports Team Nigeria will compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic are below average when compared to the total number of featured sports events. Zheng Qinwen, 21, backed up her status as one of the best young talents in women’s tennis by winning the singles gold at Roland Garros after a few hard fought wins, including one against world number one Iga Swiatek. Samu Omorodion, born in Melilla, a Spanish enclave, to Nigerian parents, played a key role in Spain’s victory in the men’s football event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 20-year-old forward, who moved to Seville at a young age, is also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to represent Spain.

This extraordinary record cements his status as the athlete with the most gold medals in Summer Olympic history. Same for D’Tigress, the female basketball team which defeated every opposition all the way to the Olympic podium. With the convergence of these superlative performances and the desire to accomplish more, it was not out of place that people expressed hope and had expectations on Nigeria’s chances at the Olympics. At the end of the games, however, and contrary to predictions, Nigeria was not among Africa’s “Top 10” finishers. We “flourished and excelled” in the back-pages as one of the dismal performers in Africa and the world.

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh has given assurance that Team Nigeria will come back from the Paris Olympics with gold medals and there’s hope that the games may go down as the best ever for the country in recent times. Athletes should not be expected to be perfect nor to continue https://big-bet.org/ to deliver at all times as age naturally takes a toll on them, and every man has his time and season. Stars are born from different locations and have their God-given time to excel in life. The two major sporting events just concluded were heavily financially involved but were also, properly managed.