Ajunwa condemns Nigeria’s poor performance at Olympics

Former Nigerian long jumper and Atlanta ’96 gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa, has blasted Team Nigeria’s poor performance at the 2024 Olympics Games.

The Nigerian team for the Olympics made up of 88 athletes from 12 sports failed to win a medal in France.

Ajunwa was a guest of Arise News on Monday and reflected on the outcome.

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“It’s quite disheartening that every year Nigeria tells this kind of story. If you could remember, after the last Olympics before this, it was still the same thing,” Ajunwa said in reference to the London Games where Team Nigeria also did not win medals.

“You know they will keep on telling us: “Oh let them go back to the drawing board.”

She added; “It’s quite unfortunate that we lost the whole chance. And the athletes wasted their time, energy, and their own personal resources.

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“It’s unfortunate that we spent so much. But that is none of my business because we don’t spend money when we are supposed to spend it.”

Ajunwa also called for the overhaul of the sports departments and a need to discontinue the recycling of administrators.