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Ofili Runs for Gold, Oborodudu Fights for Bronze, 11 Nigerian Athletes in Action, as Olympic Games Enters Day 11
As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris enters its 11th day, Team Nigeria will have a busy day with 11 athletes competing across three sports: canoe sprint, athletics, and wrestling.
Here’s a breakdown of Nigeria’s event schedule for Tuesday, August 6:
Canoe Sprint (Stade d’eau vive Vaires-sur-Marne)
10:00 a.m. – Women’s Canoe Double 500m Heats – Ayomide Bello and Beauty Otuedo
Track and Field (Stade de France)
10:15 a.m. – Women’s Long Jump qualification – Ruth Usoro, Ese Brume, Prestina Ochonogor
10:20 a.m. – Women’s 400m repechage round – Ella Onojuvwevwo
11:30 a.m. – Men’s 200m repechage round – Udodi Onwuzurike
Men’s Javelin Throw
11:50am – Chinecherem Nnamdi
6:35 p.m. – Men’s 400m semifinal – Samuel Ogazi
8:40 p.m. – Women’s 200m final – Favour Ofili
Wrestling (Champ-de-Mars Arena)
5:15 p.m. – Wrestling – Blessing Oborodudu (Bronze medal match)
Team Nigeria’s athletes will be competing at various times throughout the day, striving for excellence and aiming to secure more medals for the country.
Favour Ofili will be running for gold against a star-studded field in the women’s 200m final. Also wrestler, Blessing Oborodudu will be fighting to win bronze medal, after losing her semi final fight 3-1 on Monday night.
Fans and supporters are encouraged to follow and cheer on their athletes as they represent Nigeria on the world stage.
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Remain Calm, IBB International Golf Club Tells Members
It was an unusual scenario Saturday morning as the security agencies comprises of Police and DSS stormed the club, asking staff and members to vacate the club house and course.
While reacting to the incident, the release signed by Ibrahim Alhassan Babayo, the Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate and unexpected.
Ibrahim Babayo accused some minority members with vested interest who collaborated with some security men to seal the club in an attempt to disrupt the scheduled Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Club.
The release urged everyone to remain calm, assured them that all necessary legal steps will be taken to ensure that the process of filing the Board of Trustees, BOT, vacancies is conducted correctly despite the attempts to derail the process.
The Captain said the club will not relent in its efforts to ensure fairness, transparency and due process prevail.
While assuring the members of continued support and trust, the statement asked the staff and members to await further instructions.
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