Did you miss any Team Nigeria event on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? Don’t worry we have you covered as we recap all the actions involving Nigerian athletes.
The first Nigerian athlete in action was Chierika Ukogu who progressed to quarter-finals of women’s Single Sculls. You do be forgiven if you don’t know that Nigeria has an athlete in the Rowing event.
Meanwhile in the women’s Table Tennis Singles, both Olufunke Oshonaike and Edem Offiong qualified from the Preliminary rounds but were unable to progress beyond the first round.
However, 42-year old Segun Toriola who also competed in the Table Tennis, advanced to Round 2 of the men’s Singles after winning round 1 of his game on Saturday.
