Nigerians Set Continental Records in Olympics

This Olympics seems to set sight on Nigerians.
Nigerian athletes in Rio de Janeiro  Olympic Games created records of their own, not enough to be on Guinness Book of records but one  that will be cherished in a longtime to come.
Three Nigerians with records are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu .
The Toriola  who is 41 years had his 7th appearance in the current Games, equaling the table tennis record. This has made him the most capped African Olympian.
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri set another continental record after the 2014 ITTF star became the first African to reach the quarterfinals of men’s singles event at Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Ukogu on the other hand, qualified for top classification in the rowing event in Rio, she is 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 now participate in the semi finals C/D 1 event on Wednesday. This is her first ever appearance in the Olympics.