Nigerian bicycle owner, Ese Ukpeseraye borrowed a bicycle from her German colleagues to compete on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Ukpeseraye, representing Staff Nigeria, discovered herself in a troublesome state of affairs when she had no bicycle to race with within the keirin and dash occasions as a result of quick discover of her participation.
She competed within the girls’s highway race on August 4 however didn’t register a rating after failing to finish the occasion.
The bicycle owner revealed her problem in a tweet on her X account on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the 25-year-old raced within the Keirin and Dash biking occasions, ending sixth within the first spherical. Later within the day, she additionally didn’t safe qualification by way of the repechage.
Talking on her expertise throughout the race, Ukpeseraye mentioned she was referred to as as much as take part within the second occasion on “quick discover.”.
The bicycle owner mentioned she had “no bicycle to race with on the tracks,” and the German staff got here to her rescue.
“As a result of quick discover, I needed to compete on the Keirin & Dash. I had no bicycle to race with on the tracks,” the tweet reads.
#Paris2024@Paris2024Due to the quick discover of me competing on the keirin & Dash, #teamNigeria I had no bicycle to race with on the tracks. In d spirit of sportsmanship the German staff @bunddeutscherradfahr got here to my rescue by providing me a bicycle.Thanks
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— Ese lovina Ukpeseraye (@Ese_Ukpeseraye) August 8, 2024
“Within the spirit of sportsmanship, the German staff got here to my rescue by providing me a bicycle.”
Ukpeseraye can also be scheduled to take part in another occasion on Friday.
This gesture of goodwill from the German staff exemplifies the character of the Olympic spirit, the place athletes from completely different nations come collectively to assist each other, no matter their aggressive rivalries.
In the meantime, it was earlier reported that Nigeria’s D’Tigress misplaced 74-88 to the US of America within the quarterfinals, bringing to an finish a spirited run that noticed the staff break a number of information.
The defeat ends Nigeria’s participation within the girls’s Olympic basketball occasion on the ongoing Paris Olympics.
Rena’s Wakama’s aspect put up a struggle within the ultimate quarter to win 26-12, but it surely was not sufficient as a greater USA aspect held on to their result in e-book a semi-final spot.
Nigeria misplaced the primary three quarters 17-26, 16-26, and 15-24, respectively.
Throughout their participation, they received their first ever win on the Olympics and have become the primary African aspect to qualify for the quarterfinals of an Olympics basketball competitors.
