Tokyo 2020: Uche Eke Misses Out On Gymnastics Quarter-Finals Spot
Nigeria’s Uche Eke missed the chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals in the gymnastics event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday.
Competing in the men’s all-around artistic gymnastics event, Eke placed 36th with a score of 74.765 which was not enough for a place in the last eight.
The 24-year-old was Nigeria’s sole representative in Gymnastics at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
Although, Toko misses out on chances of a medal, she qualifies for the semi-final EF round which will determine her overall ranking in the event.
You will recall that the Legendary Nigerian Olympian, Funke Oshonaike has crashed out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics already.
Oshonaike lost 4-1 in the preliminary stage of the Women’s singles to USA’s Juan Liu.
The first game was keenly contested as Liu ran out 11- 7 winners, but the second game ended 11- 3 and the third finished 11- 4 in favour of the American.
After the defeat, Oshonaike revealed that Tokyo 2020 will be her last Olympic event.
“I never gave up, I’m here today and I’m so happy that I could play because I was not expecting it.
“I just lost, I’m supposed to be kind of sad, but I’m happy that we can be here at the Olympics”.
“This is the spirit of the Games, you lose or win but we are all Olympians,” Oshonaike told the Olympics channel after the match”.
She made history by becoming the first African woman to qualify for seven Olympic Games and also the first woman in Table Tennis to achieve the phenomenal feat after making her debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
