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Nigeria women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round match in the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament. [11] Team roster. Nigeria named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament on 3 July 2024. [12] On 10 July, Halimatu Ayinde withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by ...
Warri Relays & Olympic Trials Sapele, Nigeria [6] 400 m hurdles: 48.42 Ezekiel Nathaniel: 15 May 2022 Big 12 Championships Lubbock, United States 48.00 Ezekiel Nathaniel: 11 May 2024 Big 12 Championships Waco, United States [7] 3000 m steeplechase: 8:58.56 Zacharia Fwangfur: 6 September 1990 Lagos, Nigeria 8:55.78 Soudi Hamajam [a] 14 June 2013 ...
Her performances at the Festival prompted her selection in the Nigerian team that was sent to train in the United States before the Tokyo Olympic Games. [10] She placed third at the 2021 Nigerian Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials behind George and Knowledge Omovoh which helped secure her place on the Olympic squad. [11]
Rena Wakama, a Raleigh native who played college basketball at Western Carolina, has coached Nigeria to its first Olympic win and a berth in the quarterfinals against the U.S.
Echikunwoke claimed silver in the women's hammer throw. ... The Ohio-born Nigerian-American was back at an Olympics on Tuesday night, this time wearing red, white and blue and representing the U.S
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinne Kalu scored 21 points and Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in ...
Annette Nneka Echikunwoke (/ ə ˌ tʃ iː k ə ˈ w oʊ k eɪ / ə-CHEE-kə-WOH-kay; born July 29, 1996) [1] [2] is a Nigerian-American hammer thrower who lives in Ohio, United States.She was due to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified due to the negligence of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the Nigerian women’s basketball team defeated Australia 75-62 in their first game. This was the team’s first Olympic game victory in 20 years. [10] The team lost its second game in the tournament 75-54 against the host nation, France. [11]