NIGERIA continued her bad run in track and field as the
duo of Olu Olamigoke and Tosin Oke failed to qualify for the finals of the
triple jump event.
Olamigoke expectedly failed to make his Olympics debut a
memorable one after he could not hop, step and jump beyond 16.10m,85cm short of
the 16.95m qualifying standard set for the event.
Oke on his part did not fulfill expectations after he too
could only jump 16.47m to place 16th in his qualifying group.
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| Oke with Olamigoke at the 2015 All Africa Games |
Also out of the Olympics is quatermile barrier runner
Miles Ukaoma who failed to hurdle past the first round.
The USA-based Nigerian came in fifth (49.84s) in the very
first heat of the 400m hurdles to wave bye to the Rio Games.
In the early hours of Tuesday another 400m hurdler, Ogoegbunam
Amaka will attempt to see if she could qualify for the semi-final in her first
appearance at the Games and possibly go a step further by equaling national
record holder, Ajoke Muizat Odumosu's final placing four years ago in London.
Also bidding to make her debut an unforgettable one is
discus thrower Chinwe Okoro who will be aiming to improve the 61.58m national
record she set early this year to 62m, the qualifying standard set by the IAAF
for the event.
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