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Team Nigeria have dropped from 64th position to 68th on the medals table as Tokyo 2020 Olympics events enter Day 12.In the events that had their finals today, no Nigerian qualified.She was defeated by fall by Anastasia Nichita of Moldova in a swift turn of events.Also, Nigeria’s wrestler Ekerekeme Agiomor failed to progress to the semis.However, she missed out on an automatic semi-finals spot.While Ese Brume won the bronze for Nigeria, Blessing Obodururu secured the silver medal.

Brume recorded a 6.97 metres jump in the final of the event at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium to win her first Olympic medal and Nigeria’s first at this Games. Oborududu had to settle for the silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg event on Tuesday in the Tokyo Olympics wrestling competition in Tokyo. The medal was Nigeria’s first one ever in the wrestling sport since the country’s first-ever appearance at the Olympics in 1952.

China retain their lead on the medals table with 32 gold, followed by the United States, 25; Japan, 21; and Great Britain 15.

 

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Everything is dropping since 2015 but no course for alarm Northerner is on the throne.

We should be happy that they are on the medal table. I praise them for writing Nigeria name on the medal table

Drop ? Where they on the medal table before ?

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