Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Blessing Okagbare, has joined the rest of Team Nigeria athletes and her presence has brought spark to the sprawling Olympic Village.
Blessing was seen in the Village with other athletes smiling, looking trim and refreshingly beautiful. She expressed the hope to make it to the podium.
Okagbare will be gunning for medals in her traditional 100m, 200m, Long Jump and 4 x 100m women relay.
Meanwhile,Maurice Greene knows the terrain of the Olympics as much as any aspiring athlete in the world of track and field.
He is among the star-studded former athletes who are here guiding athletes to meet up with their Olympic dream. The former star, who won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World champion, said that anything is possible in athletics and as such, he would not predict the fortunes of Team Nigeria.
‘’It is difficult for you to predict. Anything can happen in athletics. It is only when they hit the tracks that one can now predict. So let’s wait and see’’, the ambassador for IAAF and a TV personality said at the Games Village.
Gloria Asumnu agreed that it was difficult to make promises knowing that anything could happen. ‘’All I can say is that we are working hard to do good’’.
