In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

Nigerian actor and comedian, Oluwatobiloba Olubiyi, also known as Agba or Oli Ekun, talks about his love for athletics and Manchester United in this interview with ABIODUN ADEWALE

Meet world record holder, Onye Lauritta (age 40), a Nigerian🇳🇬 Paralympian athlete shot-putter.🤝🏽 Onye Lauritta is a two-time world championships medalist and two-time paralympic medalist. Her world opened up in 2011 when her event was included at the All Africa Games in Maputo, this time for real. She attended and finished with silver🥈 in shot put. Fired on from there, she trained for the 2015 African Championships where she hit gold🥇 in shot put, with a world record of 7.59 metres, and silver in discus throw. Matching on, she proceeded to the Doha🇶🇦 2015 International Paralympic Championships to win Gold🥇 (the only medal for Nigeria and also increased her world record to 7.72 metres). In 2016, she handed team Nigeria it’s first medal in the athletes event, clinching gold🥇 in the women’s shot put f40 on day-four of the Rio2016 in Brazil🇧🇷. Her first throw of 8.40m which stands as a world record till today. Lauritta Onye settled for the bronze🥉 in the F40 shot put with a throw of 8.29m at the Tokyo2022 Paralympic Games in Japan🇯🇵. She also won Silver🥈 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France🇫🇷 ♻️Happiest and Iconic moment🤸🏿 In the celebration of her victory (Gold medal) at the Rio2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil🇧🇷, Lauritta left an unforgettable excitement in the games with her dance steps, catwalks, summersaults and friendly gestures as she flew the Nigerian green-white-green🇳🇬 right in the centre of the world stage. The Brazilian spectators aptly described her as “the dancing queen” and that moment has been captured as an iconic advertisement of the Paralympic spirit, an inspiration for all persons with disability, not only in sports. ♻️Sad moments😔 1. On her return from Doha, the Nigerian society played a trick on her. Muhammadu Buhari had just been elected President and one of his first engagements with the sports community was to reward athletes and coaches who had brought glory to Nigeria in international events, including members of the 1985 national team that won the first FIFA U16 World Cup in China. Curiously, Lauritta and her coach, Patrick Anaeto, were not invited to the party nor given neither recognition nor reward. Lauritta was saddened with the disregard. It could have discouraged her from further involvement in sports but she was in love and also has great mental strength and resilience. 2. After the Paralympic team returned from Rio, her home state government, Imo, showered the medalists from there with cash and car gifts but Lauritta was excluded, for the reason that she resides in Lagos. Onye is also an actress, performing under the name Laury White. Onye Lauritta is from Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Onye Lauritta deserves national honor 🖐🏽🎖️

American-born Nigerian champion Dubem Amene has announced his retirement from athletics at age 21 following the disqualification of the men’s 4x400m relay squad from Paris 2024 Olympics final…

Kenya's Olympic campaign in Paris is over after Hellen Obiri won a bronze medal in the women's marathon. Only the USA has performed better in athletics than Kenya. https://read.legit.ng/4tMu

Usain St Leo Bolt is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field and is considered by many to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He has held the world record in both the 100 meters and 200 meters for nearly 15 years. He is 37 years old (August 21, 1986) and was born in Sherwood Content, Jamaica. Bolt's parents ran a local grocery store. He grew up playing football (soccer) and cricket. His cricket coach encouraged him to sprint. Bolt rose to fame at the 2002 World Junior Championships in his home country. He turned professional in 2004 at the age of 18. He competed in his first Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 but was not at peak performance due to an injury. He set his first world record in the 100m in 2008 in New York City. In the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, Bolt ran in both the 100m and 200m. He set a new world record in the 100m winning the gold. The next day, he won another gold medal and set another world record in the 200m. He was part of the Jamaican 4 x 100m relay team and they also won gold and set a world record. That gold medal was later stripped before one of the competitors, not Bolt, failed a drug screening. Bolt won the same three events four years later in London and eight years later in Rio de Janeiro to bring his gold medal total to eight, not counting the forfeited one. He is still the world record holder in the 100m and 200m, records that were last set in 2009. Bolt was the International Association of Athletics Federations (now called World Athletics) World Athlete of the Year six times from 2008-2016. He wrote an autobiography in 2010. He co-founded a company called Bolt Mobility in 2018. They make electric scooters. They planned on releasing a minicar called Bolt Nano in 2020. The company ceased operating in 2022. In 2021, he released a music single called Living the Dream with NJ Walker. Bolt has three children (all pictured) with longtime girlfriend Kasi Bennett (pictured). They have been in a relationship for over a decade. Their daughter is Olympia Lightning Bolt and their twin boys are Saint Leo and Thunder Bolt. They live in Kingston, Jamaica. #UsainBolt

After his victory, Letsile Tebogo turned down the chance of becoming the ‘face of athletics’ by aiming a subtle dig at Noah Lyles. Details in comments.

Annette Echikunwoke was set to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Olympics but was disqualified along with nine other athletes after failing to undergo mandatory tests due to an error by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. She then changed her allegiance to the United States to compete at Paris 2024. Annette Echikunwoke was set to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Olympics but was disqualified along with nine other athletes after failing to undergo mandatory tests due to an error by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. She then changed her allegiance to the United States to compete at Paris 2024. Now, she can call herself an Olympic medalist after winning silver in the women's hammer throw 🥈

When a country kills your dreams. Name: Annette Echikunwoke. Picture 1: Representing Nigeria. Disqualified from Tokyo Olympics in 2020 due to senseless clerical error of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. Picture 2: Representing America in 2024. Talent nurtured to the fullest. Silver medalist. Now the first Athlete representing America to win a medal at the Hammer throw.