Rio 2016: Bad Start for team Nigeria in track and field event

By Daily Sports on August 15, 2016

The first day of the track and field of the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympic Games turned out to be a disappointment for Team Nigeria, following the poor performance by the athletes.

Apart from sprints queen, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, who cruised to a second place finish in her opening 100 meters heat, and Uhunoma Osazuwa, who is struggling for survival in the heptathlon event, all other Nigerian athletes fell by the way side.

Okagbare, a double Commonwealth Games champion is one of the heavyweights in the 100m. She made it to the semi-final from Heat Three yesterday with a time of 11.16 seconds behind USA’s Tori Bowie. She is expected to draw from her wealth of experience to surmount what seems an up-hill task in the semifinal race which held yesterday (9.14pm in Rio and 1.14 am Nigeria time).


While Okagbare scaled through in the 100m, it was a different story for the duo of Gloria Asunmnu and Jennifer Madu, who crashed out after recording poor times in their respective heats.

Madu ran 11.61 seconds to crash out in Heat Six, just as Asumnu finished fifth in Heat Two in a time of 11.55 seconds.

It was poorer for Team Nigeria in the men’s 400m heat, where the duo of Olusseini Idrissa and Orukpe Eraiyokan merely made up the numbers. While Idrissa ran a ‘schoolboy’ time of 50.06 seconds to finish last in Heat One, Eraiyakan ran 47.42 seconds to finish seventh in Heat Seven.

•Text from ngrguardiannews.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source Daily Sports

Posted August 15, 2016


 

You may also like...
Why we imported Brazilian ball jugglers —Ifeanyi Ubah...

Aubameyang wins Arsenal Player of the month prize...

Vardy Set For Hernia Operation

Portugal bring Faroes down to earth

Messi Return Not Enough to Save Argentina from...

Seedorf Sacked as Cameroon Coach

 

Latest News Nigeria beat Cameroon to reach IHF final 27 schools for Doregos Basketball Championship Super Falcons to play France’s Les Bleues in friendly SWAN suspends ban on coverage of Anambra FA activities Joshua among boxing’s top three earners in 2024 Oshoala makes history with Bay FC Nnamani hails team over IHF bright start Flamingos lift U-17 W’Cup Fair Play Trophy Rangers Intl, SWAN partner on sports collaboration in SE LAGOS SWAN CELEBRATES AIG ZONE 2 ON HIS BIRTHDAY AND 30 DAYS IN OFFICE Traders Cup: Upholstery Soccer Team Secured 2nd Win To Advance To Round Two Lagos SWAN Celebrates Oba Akiolu, Iyaloja General, AIG Fayoade

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,140 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,267 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,349 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (43,989 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,930 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,877 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,717 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,287 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,331 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,034 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,487 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,915 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media