She won her heat in the women’s 100 metres freestyle ahead of Andela Antunovic of Montenegro.
A new national record has been set in swimming by 17-year old, Abiola Ogunbanwon, representing Team Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
She won her heat in the women’s 100 metres freestyle ahead of Andela Antunovic of Montenegro who came second while Gaurika Singh of Nepal came third.Unfortunately, her winning time fell short of the best 16 times that progressed into the semi-final, Ogunbanwo’s time ranked 48th but as a teenager and participating in her 1st Olympic games, the future is surely bright if the right effort is channelled at her development and exposure.– Abiola Ogunbanwo is only the 10th Nigerian to take part in swimming at the Olympic Games.
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