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Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by ijekul(m): 8:34am On Aug 03, 2014 |
At the end of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Team Nigeria has finished in eighth position, winning 11 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals. Sports Minister, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, has praised Blessing Okagbare, who was the country’s star of the championship and other athletes for representing the country well. Okagbare clinched a sprint double in the 100m and 200m, becoming the 11th woman ever to accomplish the feat and the first Nigerian. She was only denied a treble by the Jamaican quartet in the women’s 4X100m final. Danagogo said: “Okagbare has shown that with determination you can achieve your dream in whatever endeavour you set out for yourself. She has been consistent over the years and has remained focused despite missing the ultimate medal in some competitions before now.” “I want to congratulate the other medalists for their effort and hope that they will build on their successes in Glasgow for future competitions especially as we begin preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games.” The Minister however expressed his disappointment after 16-year-old Chika Amalaha, was stripped of her gold medal for failing a doping test. “My heart bleeds for this 16-year-old girl,” he said. “She looks too innocent to commit such an offence. She is naive. We must get to the root of this. The coaches and our anti-doping officials have questions to answer. Why didn’t they do their jobs before coming here to disgrace Nigeria? “It’s disappointing that we have highly placed anti-doping officials who did not do their jobs. It is embarrassing and severe punishments will be meted out to those officials either for their involvement or negligence, as a deterrent. Congrats to Nigerian Women...u made us proud 45 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by oloriooko(m): 8:54am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Thumbs up to all the athletes for making us proud among the commonwealth of nations. 9ja for life! 12 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by ijekul(m): 9:14am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Just wondering what happened to our men and what they went there to do...compete I guess 12 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by MabraO: 9:30am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Didn't even watch the games Don't think I will comment |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by DRealGeesam(m): 9:37am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Wow! Good job 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Omomehn: 9:37am On Aug 03, 2014 |
We try |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by DRealGeesam(m): 9:37am On Aug 03, 2014 |
MabraO: Didn't even watch the gamesSo what did you just do? 19 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by echobee(f): 9:38am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Congratulations 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Nobody: 9:38am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Finally, my ban is over. |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by IGBOSON1: 9:40am On Aug 03, 2014 |
What was South Africa and Ghana position? Anyone? 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by kayce911(f): 9:40am On Aug 03, 2014 |
which countrries emerged first to seventh ? |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by DRealGeesam(m): 9:41am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Blessing made us proud, despite how old she is in the sport she is only waxing stronger. I didnt expect much from her before the games. That is the power of hardwork, unlike some Mikel obi mentality of i don arrive. 15 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Princeadebayo1(m): 9:42am On Aug 03, 2014 |
we try small |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Snoggy(m): 9:42am On Aug 03, 2014 |
God bless Nigeria. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by hassey(m): 9:42am On Aug 03, 2014 |
OP, y not giv us d detail lists of d medals 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by sureteeboy(m): 9:42am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Pls, What's that anti-doping stuff? |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Lordseyad(m): 9:44am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Hmm Am I really on the First Page? Shout out to all my Goons who made this possible.. Starting from my Ogbonge phone, Glo -Ya 3G fast wella, Mods, And my fellow nairalanders whose service is slow, Cos If not for you_ I wouldn't be here.... back to the topic :-) Lemme go and read it first. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by ibnchokomah(m): 9:45am On Aug 03, 2014 |
IGBOSON1: What was South Africa and Ghana position? Anyone?South Africa came 7th above us while ghana had just 2 bronze medals... 10 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by mascot87(m): 9:45am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Nigeria is the overall winner in weight lifting with 6 gold,6 silver & 1 bronze. Two other countries Fiji & St Lucia also finished 35th with 1 bronze each only from Weightlifting & Athletics respectively 16 Likes
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Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Arsenate(m): 9:47am On Aug 03, 2014 |
despite participating in much fewer games than all the countries ahead of us. they did very well 23 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by fingard02k(m): 9:47am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Not interested |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Nobody: 9:49am On Aug 03, 2014 |
ijekul, What is sprint double biko? 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by drkay(m): 9:49am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Congratulations to all our medallists. For those who couldn't win anything, u only need to put more effort next time. For the lil geh that gave Nigeria public embarrassment, we aint proud of you, hope u'll learn from this. |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by uzolexis(f): 9:49am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Congratz team Nigeria (esp the women)....wat of d male representatives sef wetin dem go there go do 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by OmichaelO: 9:51am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Nice Way better than our performance so far in any competition |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by tuffgongjo(m): 9:51am On Aug 03, 2014 |
We did well,I hope they can repeat this come RIO 2016? And what happened to our once noisy now quiet neighbor?dem don turn Francophone country? 10 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by luvablesam(m): 9:53am On Aug 03, 2014 |
ibnchokomah: South Africa came 7th above us while ghana had just 2 bronze medals... INCREDIBLE GHANA just Two medals ....hmm 23 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Finishes 8th At The Common Wealth Games With 11 Gold by Exponental(m): 9:53am On Aug 03, 2014 |
Congrats Team Nigeria! BH should learn from this national glory. 2 Likes |
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