Sport is huge throughout Africa and
nowhere is this highlighted more than Nigeria. There is no doubting how popular
watching sport is in the country and how many Nigerians love keeping tabs on
what is happening in the latest games or events. It is not just watching top
sports that people in the country get a kick from, though.
Sports betting is also something many
Nigerians get involved with and use to add even more excitement to catching
matches, races or other sporting events. The range of safe sportsbooks to bet
with in Nigeria has helped sports betting flourish, as has the varied bonuses
these sites offer. The N1bet bonus
code is a great
example and shows just what the best Nigerian sportsbooks give to customers in
terms of extras.
The range of sports to follow is also
something that makes them popular in Nigeria, and athletics is a case in point.
Over the years, the country has produced many fine athletes – but who are three
of the best?
Chioma Ajunwa
Although she started off playing
football for the Super Falcons,Chioma Ajunwa found
her true calling in athletics. This saw her become the very first Olympic gold medalists from Nigeria, in 1996. While Ajunwa started out as a100m sprinter,
she soon switched to the long jump. Excelling at this event, she not only won
an Olympic gold but also the gold at the 1989 African Championships and the
1991 All Africa Games.
Falilat Ogunkoya
Sports in
Nigeria are tremendously
popular and this is helped by the exploits of famous athletes such as Falilat
Ogunkoya. This famous Nigerian lives long in the memory because she was the
first individual from the country to win a track and field medal at the Olympics.
In addition to this, Ogunkoya is one of
the few Nigerian athletes to have multiple Olympic medals in her locker – a
bronze in the women’s 400m at the 1996 Olympics and a silver in the 4x400m
relay at the same games. As well as Olympic glory, Falilat was a multiple gold
medal winner at the African Championships/African Games during her career.
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
Famous Nigerian athletes do not come
more well-known than this five-time Olympian. Onyali-Omagbemi’s fabulous career
saw her compete at Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and
Athens 2004.
While she competed well in all the
Olympics she appeared at, the bronze she won in the 4x400m relay in Barcelona
and the bronze in the women’s 200m at Atlanta stand out the most. When you also
consider she was a six-time All Africa Games winner and a multiple Commonwealth
Games medal winner, you can understandwhy she makes it onto our list.
Nigeria is a hotbed for athletics
As the above shows, Nigeria is not only
a country in love with athletics but one thathas a proven track record of
producing top athletes. If the next generation coming into the sport can match
what their predecessors have done, it will be an exciting time for the sport
moving forward.
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