Nigeria won a bronze medal at Tokyo 1964 and added a silver at Tokyo 2020
Nojeem Maiyegun won Nigeria’s only medal, a bronze in the boxing event, to mark the country’s emergence into the medals table for the very first time in its Olympic history.
Sadly, 57 years after, while Kenya finished as one of the top 20 nations in the world with four gold, four silver, and two bronze medals, Team Nigeria’s additional silver medal is the only difference from her performance in 1964. That Nigeria failed to fulfill her potentials in Tokyo is a combination of factors that need to be addressed swiftly as the countdown to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has begun for many nations.Though the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics had its flaws, there was great optimism and rightly so, going by the performances of the country’s best athletes across the globe.Blessing Okagbare was consistent in all her races in the Diamond League and top Meets across the world.
Tobi Amusan also appeared to be on top of her game even as many tipped her to break the long-standing African record still held by Gloria Alozie.
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