What is left in the hope of Nigeria winning any medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics faded on Friday (9 August 2024) morning as Hurdler Tobi Amusan shockingly failed to progress to the final of the 100 meter Hurdles.
The last of the country’s top 3 medal prospects came third in the heat 1 of the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 12.55s thus missing out of the automatic qualification spots and finished ninth overall , a step off the required top 8 fastest time.
The last relay team standing, the men 4 × 400 m relay quartet Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathanial, Dubem Amene and Chidi Okezie ran a season best time of 2:59:81s and finished in their heat but got disqualified for running out of lane.
What a sad end for the quartet after doing the hard work of qualifying Nigeria for her 4 × 400 relay final in 24 years, as the team picked a gold medal in the event in Sydney 2000.
From the look of things, the ugly imagination of Nigeria not winning any medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics is fast becoming a damning reality with the games winding up on Sunday ( 11 August 2024).
The strings of poor results in wrestling continue on Friday morning after the exits of medal hopefuls, Odunayo Adekuruoye and Blessing Oborududu, Esther Kolawole lost to Krygyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 5-1 in the 62 kg Women Freestyle.
Likewise, Ashton Mutuwa, the country only representative in Men’s wrestling lost to Hungary Daniel Ligeti via SUP.
It’s the same story in Women Taekwondo on Friday morning as Elizabeth Anyanacho lost. 2-0 to China’s Song Jie in the 67 kg category.
In the afternoon session there are, Nigeria will participate in cycling while Joy Eze will partake in Weightlifting in the 71kg category.
Barring some magical moments, Nigeria is on the way to winning no medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics just like it was in the London 2012 Olympics.
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