Nigeria continued her medal drought at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games with Folashade Rafiatu Lawal missing out on a podium finish in the women’s 59kg weightlifting event.
Lawal battled hard but finished in fifth position with a total lift of 230kg in the Snatch; Clean and Jerk.
Her tally was 5kg short of bronze medallist Kuo Hsing-chun of Chinese Taipei.
Earlier in the day, Nigeria failed to advance into the final of 4x100m relays.
The quartet of Favour Ashe, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Alaba Akintola and Usheoritse Itsekiri finished 7th in heat 1 of the men‘s 4x100m.
Similarly, the quartet of Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Tima Godbless finished 6th in heat 2 of the women’s 4x100m, running a season’s best time of 42.70s.
In wrestling, Odunayo Adekuroye lost to China’s Kexin Hong
in the quarter-finals, while Esose Ibadin failed to earn a place in the men’s 800m final.
