Nigeria finishes 74th at Tokyo Olympics, 8th best from Africa
Team Nigeria won two medals - one silver and one bronze - after being represented by 55 athletes.
Team Nigeria won two medals - one silver and one bronze - after being represented by 55 athletes.
The result was a bad one for Team Nigeria, which had Tobiloba Amusan, Grace Nwokocha, Patience George and Ese Brume.
Both athletes are excited about their performance at the Tokyo Olympics
This is Nigeria's first medal in athletics at the Olympic Games in 13 years.
Brume said she never saw breaking the 25-year-old record as impossible.
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Brume finished behind World Silver medallist Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk.
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Brume should be guaranteed a medal if she matches or surpasses her personal best mark of 7.05m
Oduduru and Amusan have recorded massive personal best marks this season
Brume, who is competing for Team Delta, leapt 6.62m to claim gold.
The first event in athletics will be the Women’s 5000m event.
Brume is the only African in the final.
Brume says she is committed to give her best at the olympics.
The 16 athletes were invited based on their performance at last Tuesday’s Over-Distance competition organized by AFN.
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