How Nigeria may come home empty handed from Rio 2016

Mobola Sadiq
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If the Dream Team VI fail to beat Honduras on Saturday, Nigeria will come home empty handed from the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Nigeria’s hope for another medal, apart from in the men’s football, was dashed on Saturday after the women’s 4x100m relay team came in last with a time of 43.21 seconds.

Allyson Felix-fired US quartet to gold in the event.

Felix, long jump gold medallist Tianna Bartoletta, English Gardner and Tori Bowie, who won 100m silver and 200m bronze in Rio, combined to clock the second fastest relay time ever run, in 41.01 seconds.

Jamaica finished second in 41.36 seconds, handing double sprint gold medallist Elaine Thompson a third Olympic medal, with Britain taking bronze in a national record of 41.77 seconds.

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