Earlier in the day, we brought you the full schedule of ALL Team Nigeria Athletes competing at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The exception was in the women’s 100m Heats as the startlist was yet to be determined when it was published because of the preliminary rounds.
Now that the Heats and startlist have been sorted, here’s a lowdown of the Top athletes competing and who they’ll be competing against. You can follow Making of Champions on any of our social media platforms for LIVE TWEETS on Twitter and POSTS on Facebook throughout the day.
Women’s 100m Heat 1
2:40am – African Champion, Murielle Ahoure vs. Great Britain’s Desiree Henry
Women’s 100m Heat 2
2:47am – Nigerian Bronze medallist, Gloria Asumnu vs. World 100m Silver medallist, Dafne Schippers of Netherlands and Ghana’s Flings Owusu-Agyapong.
Women’s 100m Heat 3
2:54am – Nigerian Champion, Blessing Okagbare vs. USA’s Tori Bowie and Norway’s Ezinne Okparaebo
Women’s 100m Heat 4
3:01am – African 200m Champion, Marie-Josee Ta Lou vs Olympic Champion, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica
Women’s 100m Heat 5
3:08am – Nigeria’s Jeannifer Madu vs. USA’s Tianna Bartoletta and Poland’s Ewa Swoboda
Women’s 100m Heat 7
3:22am – South Africa’s Alyssa Conley vs. Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson
Women’s 100m Heat 8
3:27am – South Africa’s Carina Horn vs. USA’s English Gardner and Bulgaria’s Ivet Lalova-Collio
NOTE: All events can be watched LIVE on SuperSport (SS4)
