Team Nigeria may have won a medal in Rio compared to the London Olympics where they returned empty-handed. But in this interview with Pius Ayinor, Blessing Okagbare says even without a medal, London was by far better than Rio
How was Rio 2016 generally like for you?
It didn’t feel like an Olympic for me but not because I didn’t win a medal. This is my third Olympics and I have been to Olympics that everything was so cheerful and the athletes were very happy. But for this Rio, I don’t know about other people in Team Nigeria as I’m speaking for myself, the morale was just low. Some of the girls come to me and we talk. Some times when they say these things (about how bad they feel), I just feel like these people feel the same way I feel. Everything about Rio was just low. This is the worst Olympics we’ve had.
Was it about the preparations?
Prior to coming here was bad, I don’t understand what they wanted us to do in Rio. At times you go to other countries,...
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