No fewer than three Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio Olympic Games made records of sorts that will be cherished in a longtime to come.
They are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu .
41 year-old Toriola had his 7th appearance in the current Games, equaling the table tennis record which has made him the most capped African Olympian.
Aruna Quadri set another continental record after he became the first African to reach the quarterfinals of men’s singles event at Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Ukogu on her part, qualified for top classification in the rowing event in Rio.
She becomes Nigeria’s first ever rower in the Olympics to have got that far, placing fifth in the third quarter final of the Women’s single sculls after clocking a time of 7:54.44 secs.
She will participate in the semi finals C/D 1 event on Wednesday. This is the 23-year-old’s first ever appearance in the Olympics.
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