The Nigeria Olympic contingent has been named and sports fans around the country now know who will be representing the country and in which events at the Paris Olympics. Team Nigeria will soon depart for the quadrennial event in the French capital.
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to commence on July 26 in France. Nigeria is scheduled to compete in the prestigious tournament.
Building on their robust record of being regular participants in Summer Olympics, Nigeria will be represented by 82 athletes to compete across 11 different sports. The Nigerians competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in basketball, one of ten events their national teams qualified for. The team went 0–5 in the preliminary round. In the 11/12th place game, they defeated the Korea for a final finish of 11th out of 12 teams With this win, they became the first women’s African basketball team to win a game at the Olympics.
Meanwhile, there are also some players who could be called upon if there are injuries to the 18 players.The Super Falcons are in Group C of the Olympics female football tournament alongside Spain, Brazil, and Japan.28 July 2024 19:00 Spain vs Nigeria @ Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesNigeria entered four table tennis players into Paris 2024.
The highly accomplished and decorated boxer has earned his great nicknames, which range from the popular ‘Big Future’ to the most recent ones coined ‘The Champion’ and ‘Machine’, because of how hard he hits his opponents. Tennessee Soccer alum Michelle Alozie will be making her debut in an Olympic tournament with the Nigerian Women’s National team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Nigerian Football Federation announced Wednesday.
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