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Nigeria’s 4x400m mixed relay team crashed out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after they placed last in the Heat 1 of the event on Friday.
But the Nigerian team, which had Emmanuel Ojeli, Imaobong Uko, Samson Nathaniel and Patience Okon-George, however had something to cheer as they broke the African record after running a time of 3:13.60. The team missed the services of Chidi Okezie and Favour Ofili after both athletes were disqualified alongside eight others by the Athletics Integrity Unit for failing to meet anti-doping requirements.Nigeria’s strategy to use Nathaniel as the only male athlete in the third leg looked to have paid off as he outran the women, opening a wide gap.
The gap was however quickly closed as all the men on the anchor leg overtook Okon-George, leaving her to place last.Speaking after the race, Okon-George revealed that the squad was consoled by the African record despite not making the final
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