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#Tokyo2020: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Wins Women’s 100 meters Hurdles Final
Peurto Rican-America’s representative, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, has won the Gold Medal at the Women’s 100 meters hurdles event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a time of 12.37 seconds on Monday, August 2nd, 2021. Kendra Harrison of the United States of America won the Silver medal while Jamaica’s Megan Tapper won the Bronze medal with a…
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#Tokyo2020: D’Tigress Crashes Out of Olympics After Japan’s Defeat
D’Tigress suffered their third defeat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games losing to Japan on Monday, August 2nd, 2021. The Nigerian team lost the game 102-83, after losing their opening two games 82-71, 87-62 against the USA and France, respectively. Ezinne Kalu started the game with a jump shot for 3 points, followed by a 2…
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#Tokyo2020: Lamont Jacobs Wins Men’s 100 Meters Gold Medal
Italy’s Lamont Jacobs has won the Men’s 100 meters final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 26-year-old achieved this feat by setting a European record of 9.80 seconds on Sunday, August 1st, 2021. Fred Kerley of the United States of America won silver with a personal best time of 9.84 seconds while Great Britain’s…
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#Tokyo2020: Adegoke, Amusan & Brume Get Final Spots in Olympics
It was a good day for Nigeria at the Track events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Sunday, August 1st, 2021, as Enoch Adegoke, Ese Brume, and Oluwatobiloba Amusan booked their spots in the final of the Games. Nigeria’s Athlete Enoch Adegoke qualified for the final of the Men’s 100 meters event, achieving this…
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#Tokyo2020: Grace Nwokocha Fails to Qualify for Women’s 100 Meters Final
Olympic debutant, Grace Nwokocha was hoping to book a place in the final of the Women’s 100 meters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday, July 31st, 2021. The Nigerian secured an automatic place in the semifinals by finishing third in her heat on Thursday, July 30th, 2021. The race was not the best for…
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#Tokyo2020: D’Tigers Crash Out of Olympic Games After Defeat to Italy
D’Tigers were under pressure to win their last group B Basketball game against Italy on Saturday, July 31st, 2021 at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. A defeat for the D’Tigers against Italy meant elimination from the Olympics basketball event, having lost their first two games against Australia and Germany 84-67 and 99-92, respectively. The…
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#Tokyo2020: Blessing Okagbare Suspended After Drug Test!
Nigerian track and Field Athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been suspended with immediate effect by the Athletics Integrity Unit from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games. This was announced on Saturday, July 31st, 2021 via the official Twitter account of the unit. In making this announcement, the tweet stated that Okagbare was suspended because one of her…
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#Tokyo2020: Alexander Zverev Ends Novak Djokovic Golden Slam Quest
Germany’s Alexander Zverev beats World Number 1, Novak Djokovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday, July 30th, 2021. Djokovic was on a quest for the Golden Slam but the Serbian will have to wait another four years to achieve that feat following this defeat. The game didn’t start well for Zverev…
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#Tokyo2020: Okagbare & Nwokocha Book Semi Final Spots in Women’s 100 Meters
The Track and Field events officially kicked off at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday, July 30, 2021. Grace Nwokocha and Blessing Okagbare both started the quest for Nigeria at the Women’s 100 meters in Heat 5 and 6, respectively. Nwokocha qualifies for the semi-final with a personal best time of 11 seconds while…
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#Tokyo2020: Blessing Okagbare Blasts The Athletics Federation of Nigeria
Nigerian Track and Field Athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has blasted the Athletics Federation of Nigeria over the negligence of passing vital information to the ten Nigerian Athletes banned from participating at the Games by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Wednesday, July 27, 2021. She believes the affected Athletes who were based in Nigeria did not get…