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Nigeria continued her medal drought at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games as Folashade Rafiatu Lawal missed out on a podium finish in the women’s 59kg weightlifting event. Lawal put up a strong fight but finished in fifth position with a total lift of 230kg in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk. Her tally was 5kg short of the bronze medalist, Kuo Hsing-chun of Chinese Taipei.
Earlier in the day, Nigeria’s teams failed to advance to the finals in the 4x100m relays. The men’s quartet, consisting of Favour Ashe, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Alaba Akintola, and Usheoritse Itsekiri, finished 7th in heat 1 of the men’s 4x100m. Similarly, the women’s team, made up of Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Tima Godbless, finished 6th in heat 2 of the women’s 4x100m, running a season’s best time of 42.70 seconds.
In wrestling, Odunayo Adekuroye was defeated by China’s Kexin Hong in the quarter-finals, while Esose Ibadin failed to secure a place in the men’s 800m final.