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More Than 100 Olympic Athletes ‘Returned Their Paris 2024 Medals Due To Low-quality Issues

GISTSMATE 013 months ago04 mins

Over 100 disgruntled athletes have returned their Olympic medals just five months after the Paris 2024 Games, citing that the medals are damaged and rusted. It was gathered that the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris), which was responsible for producing the medals, has dismissed three senior officials: the industrial director, the production director, and the…

Civil Society Network Calls For Constructive Reflection On Nigeria’s 2024 Olympic Performance

GISTSMATE 018 months ago04 mins

Over 80 civil society organizations have called for constructive reflection and collective action on Nigeria’s 2024 Paris Olympic performance. The groups, under the aegis of the Civil Society Network for Good Governance, made this disposition during a press conference on Tuesday, 13th August 2024, in Abuja. The President of the group, Barr. Kamal Adefila, said…

Olympics: Team Nigeria Ends Paris Games Outing Without A Medal

GISTSMATE 018 months ago8 months ago07 mins

Nigeria has ended the 2024 Paris Olympics without a medal. Hannah Reuben lost her Women’s Freestyle 76kg fight early Saturday to effectively put the country’s slim hope of making the podium to rest. She lost 5-2 to Mongolia’s Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan in the round of 16 tie, capping off a woeful showing for the West African…

Yemisi Ogunleye Storms To Historic Olympic Gold Medal In Shot Put; But Not For Nigeria

GISTSMATE 018 months ago02 mins

Yemisi Ogunleye on Thursday won a historic gold medal in Women’s Shot Put final at the Paris Olympics, not for Nigeria but for Germany. She becomes the first athlete in 20 years to win a medal for Germany in Shot Put event. Ogunleye, 25 was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village…

Olympics: Why Nigerian Cyclist ‘Borrowed’ Bicycle To Race – Minister

GISTSMATE 018 months ago05 mins

Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, has explained why Nigerian athlete, Ese Ukpeseraye, had to ‘borrow’ a bicycle from the German team to compete at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Ukpeseraye had on Thursday via X revealed that due to short notice, she could not get a bicycle and was almost at the risk of…

BREAKING: Amusan Fails To Qualify For 100m Hurdles Final

GISTSMATE 018 months ago02 mins

The tale of woes for Team Nigeria continued on Thursday with world record holder Tobi Amusan failing to qualify for the final of the 100m hurdles event. Amusan finished third in her Heat with a time of 12.55 seconds. Having missed out on the two automatic spots, she was hoping to sneak through as one…

Olympics: Nigerian Cyclist Borrows Bicycle From German Team For Track Event

GISTSMATE 018 months ago02 mins

In a heartwarming display of sportsmanship at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the German cycling team has extended a helping hand to Nigerian cyclist Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye. Ukpeseraye, who was unexpectedly called up to compete in the keirin and sprint events, faced a major hurdle when she arrived without a bicycle. On social media, Ukpeseraye expressed…

Pole Vaulter’s Olympic Dream Shattered By His Own Pen¡s (Video)

GISTSMATE 018 months ago03 mins

French Pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati saw his Olympic dream go up in smoke in unfortunate circumstances with his penis causing his downfall. The 21-year-old, competing in front of his home crowd, looked all set to clear 5.70m and take a major step towards the final of his event, before disaster struck. As the Frenchman prepared…

Olympics: D’Tigress Beat Canada To Reach First Quarter-Finals

GISTSMATE 018 months ago02 mins

Nigerian senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday, pulled all plugs to beat their Canadian counterparts 79-70 in the last group match of the Women’s Basketball event at the ongoing Olympic Games. Nigeria lost the second and fourth quarters 23-19, 24-19 respectively, and won the third 23-5 which proved to be the difference. The first…

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More Than 100 Olympic Athletes ‘Returned Their Paris 2024 Medals Due To Low-quality Issues

Civil Society Network Calls For Constructive Reflection On Nigeria’s 2024 Olympic Performance

Olympics: Team Nigeria Ends Paris Games Outing Without A Medal

Yemisi Ogunleye Storms To Historic Olympic Gold Medal In Shot Put; But Not For Nigeria

Olympics: Why Nigerian Cyclist ‘Borrowed’ Bicycle To Race – Minister

BREAKING: Amusan Fails To Qualify For 100m Hurdles Final

Olympics: Nigerian Cyclist Borrows Bicycle From German Team For Track Event

Pole Vaulter’s Olympic Dream Shattered By His Own Pen¡s (Video)

Olympics: D’Tigress Beat Canada To Reach First Quarter-Finals