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Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria’s Preparations Continue

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Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare

With 44 days to the commencement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the cloud is becoming clearer for Team Nigeria with  preparations in top notch and athletes like Elizabeth Anyanacho, Tobi Amusan, Blessing Okagbare, Ese Brume putting up impressive performances  in their respective  events.

Anyanacho was the star  performer  in Dakar as she  settled for Silver medal at the 2021 African Taekwondo Championship. In the finals, she lost  narrowly 8-10 to World champion and Olympic Medalist, Ruth Gbagbi of Cote D’Ivoire in the women’s -67kg to keep hope of her medal win in Tokyo alive.

Tobi Amusan ran another fantastic time which Could have been an African record, but was a slightly wind assisted time of 12.44s (+2.2) to win the final of the women’s 100mh in Florida.

Blessing Okagbare also put up an impressive outing at the Golden League to sustain a good build- up to Tokyo.

Packaged by Dare Raji

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