#2024olympic

The 2024 Summer Olympics came to an official close today, Sunday, after taking place in Paris on Friday, July 26. August 11 is the concluding day of sports competitions and the day of the Stade de France closing ceremony. Nigeria was nowhere to be seen among the victorious teams in the Olympic medal standings as of August 11th. The United States was in the lead. With its 40th gold medal, the United States of America topped the medal table. With the same amount of gold medals as the United States, China finished in second place. Australia is ranked fourth with eighteen gold medals, whereas Japan is ranked third with twenty. France, the host country, dropped to sixth place with 16 golds. Read the full article

The three members of Team Nigeria—Prestina Ochonogor, Ruth Usoro, and Ese Brume—have advanced to the 2024 Olympic Games' women's long jump final. Three Nigerians will be competing in the long jump final at the Olympics for the first time. In the final, the three will compete against nine other athletes for medals. With a leap of 6.76 meters, Brume automatically qualified for the final. Usoro secured her spot with a 6.65m score, while she qualified with a 6.68m mark. This Wednesday is the day for the event's final. Read the full article

The six-time African champions upset Australia, ranked third in the world, 75–62 in their opening Olympic match in 2024. However, D'Tigress fell short against France in the second game, 75–54. Nigeria overcame a late deficit to defeat Canada 79–70 and go to the quarterfinals. Wakama was quoted by FIBA.com “I am glad we did have that loss because we were able to get back to what we do best. Also there’s no pressure now on us and we have shown everyone that we deserve to be playing here,” On Wednesday, August 7, at 8:30 p.m. Nigeria Read the full article

On Saturday, August 4, Nigerian athlete Favour Ofili won her heat and earned a spot in the women's 200-meter semi-final with a time that was a season best of 22.24 seconds. Ofili finished second overall, just behind Gabrielle Thomas of the United States, who ran 22.20 seconds, after defeating Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain and Gina Bass-Bittaye of the Gambia. Ofili is taking part in her very first Olympic Games. Read the full article

The 18-player Super Falcons roster for the 2024 Olympic Games has been officially confirmed, along with their squad numbers. The talisman striker Asisat Oshoala will wear number eight, solid shot-blocker Chiamaka Nnadozie will wear number sixteen, and Christy Ucheibe, the star of Benfica in Portugal, will wear the coveted number ten shirt. Chukwunonye Macleans, a forward based in Russia, will wear the number nine shirt, while Nicole Payne will don the number four jersey that Ashleigh Plumptre, who was injured, was previously wearing. While captain Rasheedat Ajibade will continue to wear the number 15 shirt, Payne's older sister Toni will continue to wear the number seven jersey. Osinachi Ohale (3), Tosin Demehin (14), Jennifer Echegini (11) and Uchenna Kanu (12) are the other shirt numbers. At the Stade Bordeaux on Thursday, the Super Falcons will play their first game of the season against Brazil. Read the full article