The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the result could only place the team in sixth position in the eight-team heat 2 of the competition’s first round.
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This is according to Adeniyi Beyioku, Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria on Thursday.
Following is the current medals table at the Tokyo Olympic Games after the competitions on Thursday (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
The games, scheduled to hold between July 23 and August 8, was postponed from last year over COVID-19.
Toko, who was on lane five of the six-woman heat one of the event’s opening round at Sea Forest Waterway, could only finish fifth in eight minutes 58.49 seconds.
Japan’s state broadcaster NHK said on Sunday that athletes and all other members of delegations from India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will face stricter counter-measures.
“The contract calls for the Games to be held within 2020. That could be interpreted as allowing a postponement,” Seiko Hashimoto said in response to a lawmaker’s question in parliament