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Paris 2024 Olympics: Nigeria 4x100m Relay Teams Fail To Qualify For Final

Nigeria failed to make it to the final of the 4x100m relays at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games on Thursday.

The men’s 4×100 quartet of Favour Ashe, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Alaba Akintola and Usheoritse Itsekiri finished 7th in heat 1.

The quartet ran a season’s best time of 38.20s.

USA won the race in a time of 37.47s, while South Africa finished second with a time of 37.94s.

The women’s 4×100 team also failed to make it to the final.

The quartet of Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Tima Godbless finished 6th in heat 2 .

They ran a season’s best time of 42.70s.

Nigeria’s Edose Ibadin missed out on a place in the semifinals of men’s 800m.

The Nigerian record holder finished 7th in his Repechage heat with a time of 1:49.09, and won’t progress to the next round.

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