Team Nigeria jostles for medals at Tokyo Olympics

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Eight years later, it was another fruitless outing as Nigeria again competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy without a single medal to show for their participation.

Gymnast Uche Eke is making his debut in Tokyo and it is also the first time Nigeria will feature in gymnastics at the Olympics69 years ago, Nigeria made her debut at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland with nine athletes participating in sprint races, relay, long jump and high jump. It was also the first barren outing for Team Nigeria at the quadrennial games.

 

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