Nigeria's sports minister says the situation was unavoidable, but many in the country are not convinced.
Nigeria's first ever Olympic cyclist has praised the German team for giving her a bike to compete with in the Paris 2024 Olympics after she was unable to source one of her own.
Her post prompted several Nigerians online to question the competency of their national sports authorities, but Nigeria's sports minister insisted the situation was unavoidable. "For this track race reallocated to Team Nigeria, a very special equipment is used,"Online commenters remained sceptical, however. Some linked Ukpeseraye's case to incident earlier on in the games, where Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili discovered last minute that she could not race in the women's 100m as she had been left off the entry list.
Her first event was the women's road race, but she was among a number of athletes who failed to complete the 154km route.
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