ANALYSIS: Tokyo Olympics: Why Nigeria, other African countries performed poorly

Africa’s total haul of 11 gold, 12 silver, and 14 bronze medals is less than Australia’s haul at the Tokyo Olympics.

At the opening ceremony, it was a great delight seeing top singers from around the world performing. This stellar cast included John Legend and Keith Urban, who performed “Imagine.” The song, co-written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono 50 years ago, played while a giant Earth made of drones rotated above the Olympic stadium.

In that sweet beginning, all the continents stood as equals, heralding the greatest gathering of athletes. But when the competition closed on Sunday, August 8, the status had changed as depicted by the medals’ table.While the musicians equally shared the stage to serenade the world, the final medals table was not a sonorous one, especially for Africa.

This is a sad reality for the continent that boasts of the second-highest population, only behind Asia, and also has an abundance of raw talents which, if well-harnessed, can become world-beaters and, of course, Olympic medalists.

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