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Okabgare, others fail Nigeria at IAAF

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The Nigeria contingent to the IAAF which was led by track star Blessing Okagbare, has finished the sports fiesta without a single medal.
The event ended yesterday in Beijing, China.
After series of poor performance, Nigeria’s last medal hope was finally dashed when the country’s 4x400m Women’s relay team came 5th in Sunday’s final with a finishing time of 3:25.11secs.

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The quartet of Regina George, Funke Oladoye, Tosin Adeloye and Patience Okon ran the second fastest time in the semi-finals and with that performance many people had hoped they could possibly win a medal in Sunday’s final but was not to be.
Jamaica won the gold medal and USA ran away with the silver while Great Britain got the bronze.

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