Olympics 2012: Day Eleven For Team Nigeria.
Day 11 seems to be a success as some athletes scale towards the chance to be on the podium. Tosin Oke cleared 16.83m in Men’s Triple Jump semi-final to book a place in the final.
Olympics 2012: Support The Medal Hunt!
Within the last couple of weeks, Nigerians have witnessed setbacks in the ongoing Olympic competition, before then, sports stakeholders, administrators and Journalists have raised hopes of Nigerians, assuring the sports enthusiasts of our ability to win a couple of medals.
Olympics 2012: Days Eight And Nine For Team Nigeria
For Day Eight; In Athletics, Nigeria’s hopes of an Olympic medal were dashed yesterday as the athletes failed to build on their previous performance. Obinna Metu, Egwero Ogho-Oghene and Emelieze Peter all failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men’s 100M. They finished 5th, 4th and 5th with time of 10.35, 10.38 and 10.22 in their respective Heats.
Olympics 2012: Team Nigeria’s Medal shyness
The London Olympic Games has gone one week and yet team Nigeria has not even a bronze in our medal basket. When some countries are already counting double figures of Gold medal, Team Nigeria is still some distances away from picking up a Bronze medal.
Olympics 2012: Full List for Team Nigeria!
The opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games kicks off today. Out of the 26 sports which will be taking place in 28 venues, Nigeria will participate in 13 of the 26 sport events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. This was announced by the Ministry of Sports.
Okagbare: Nigeria’s Olympic Hopeful!
It is unusual for Nigeria to have a gold medal hopeful, but this London Olympic Games, Nigeria presents two gold medal hopefuls, Chukwumerije and most promising Okagbare. The last time Nigeria won gold in a single sports was at the Olympic Games held in Atlanta U.S.A, where Chioma Ajunwa took to the podium for the winning the women’s long jump event.