Tokyo 2020

Ese Brume Wins Nigeria’s First Medal In Tokyo 2020

August 3, 2021 2:19 pm

Nigeria’s wait for a medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics has finally ended after Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the Olympic Long Jump event on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Brum qualified for the final stage on Sunday morning after she leapt to a distance of 6.76m, 1cm more than the required mark to seal her place.

Brume, clinched the bronze medal with a 6.97m jump.

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Tokyo 2020: Nigeria Guaranteed Medal As Oborududu Hits Final

August 2, 2021 4:11 pm

Nigeria has now been guaranteed its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics following Blessing Oborududu’s qualification for the finals of the women’s freestyle 68kg games.

Africa Daily News, New York can confirm that Oborududu beat Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold to reach the final.

Although the final match is yet to be played, she is now guaranteed either a gold or silver medal.

Oborududu is also set for the record books as Nigeria’s first-ever Olympics medalist in wrestling in the history of her participation at the Olympic games.

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Tokyo 2020 organisers have chosen 'United by Emotion' as the motto for this year's Olympics

United By Emotion’: Tokyo 2020 Unveils Games Motto

February 17, 2020 3:51 am

Tokyo 2020 organisers on Monday rolled out the motto for this year’s Olympics, “United by Emotion”, which they said reflected the “universal values” and “unifying power of sport”.

“Crowds of spectators who do not know each other prior to the Games will come together and learn that there is more that unites them than divides them,” Tokyo 2020 said as it unveiled the motto.

The official Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” or “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, but each host city chooses its own motto to accompany that edition of the Games.

London’s motto in 2012 was “Inspire a Generation”, whereas …