Nigeria’s 2024 Olympics has ended in disaster as 88 athletes, including Tobi Amusan, Ese Brume, and Chidi Okezie, failed to secure a single medal.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, France, started on July 26, 2024, and will end on Sunday, August 11, 2024.
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Nigeria, which registered 88 athletes for the Games, is one of the 184 countries that participated in Paris. However, none of their performances earned a medal for the country, and they will return home empty-handed.
The last straw was when Nigeria’s 4×400 men’s relay team, which had earlier qualified for the final, was disqualified over a lane violation.
In wrestling, Blessing Oborududu and Odunayo Adekuoroye, who were touted to win medals, failed when it mattered most.
Ese Brume, who led two of her compatriots to the final of the women’s long jump, placed fifth, thereby failing to win a medal.
Nigeria had entered Football, Table Tennis, Basketball, Athletics, Cycling, Canoeing, Badminton, Boxing, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, and Swimming but all ended with no color of medal for the country.
A whopping N9 billion was spent on the event.
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has labeled Team Nigeria’s performance in the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics as a ‘disaster’.
In a statement on X on Saturday, the minister noted that he would ensure such disappointing performance does not repeat itself.
