The just concluded Paris Olympics will remain indelible in the memories of countries and athletes who used the platform provided by the world’s largest games...
By . The just concluded Paris Olympics will remain indelible in the memories of countries and athletes who used the platform provided by the world’s largest games to showcase their sporting prowess. At the Games, which were held from July 26 to August 11, new Olympic champions emerged even from the least expected quarters.
For instance, 23 year old Julien Alfred won the women’s 100 meters to claim St Lucia’s first Olympics Medal. The young lady from the tiny Caribbean-Island also won a silver medal in the 200 meters event. 17 year old Kaylia Nemour also became the first athlete to win a medal in gymnastics for her country, Algeria and Africa.
In the same vein, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won Africa’s first ever 200 meters gold. These were some of the most outstanding performers at the Paris Olympics. Sadly, the self-acclaimed ‘giant of Africa’ Nigeria is at the moment mourning the abysmal performance of her athletes.
Represented by 84 athletes, Team Nigeria has failed to win a single medal at the games. The disgraceful outing in Paris makes it the eighth time that Nigeria is witnessing such misfortune at the games. However, the recent failure didn’t come to many as a surprise because the country had prepared sufficiently to fail woefully in Paris.
While other countries took years to prepare for the game.