Nigerians create records at Rio Olympics

Rio de Janeiro - At least three of the many
Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de
Janeiro Olympic Games created records of
sorts that will be cherished in a longtime to
come.
The trio with records are two table tennis
stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as
well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu .
The 41 year-old Toriola had his 7th
appearance in the current Games, equaling
the table tennis record. This has made him
the most capped African Olympian.
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri set another
continental record after the 2014 ITTF star
became the first African to reach the
quarterfinals of men’s singles event at Rio
2016 Olympic Games.
Ukogu on the other hand, qualified for top
classification in the rowing event in Rio.
She is Nigeria’s first ever rower in the
Olympics to have got that far, placing fifth
in the third quarter final of the Women’s
single sculls after clocking a time of 7:54.44
secs.
She will now participate in the semi finals
C/D 1 event on Wednesday. This is the 23-
year-old’s first ever appearance in the
Olympics.