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#Tokyo2020: Simone Biles Returns To Compete For Team USA Finals!
The star woman of the USA Gymnastics Team, Simone Biles will compete in the balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The USA Gymnastics confirmed this on their official Twitter account on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2021. The association expressed their excitement in the tweet, about having Biles back on the team and also…
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#Tokyo2020: Blessing Oburududu Advances To Semi-Final In Wrestling
Nigerian female wrestler Blessing Oborodudu has advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. READ MORE – #Tokyo2020: D’Tigress Crashes Out Of Olympics After Japan’s Defeat Nigerian female wrestler Blessing Oborodudu has advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The…
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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: 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: USA Gymnastics Drops Statement After Biles Withdrawal
The USA Gymnastics has dropped their official statement following the withdrawal of American Gymnast, Simone Biles from the women’s individual gymnastics competition at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Her withdrawal was announced by the USA Gymnastics during the game on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 after she failed to land a vault. Although this announcement was…
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#Tokyo2020: Nigerian Basketball Team, D’Tigers Lose to Germany
D’Tigers of Nigeria were impressive in their second group game against Germany at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021. The first quarter was like their first game against Australia, where they were a match for their opposition. Despite losing the first quarter 24-21 to Germany, the Nigerian team gave a…