{"id":1540,"date":"2024-08-08T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:49:49","slug":"nigerian-cyclist-borrows-bicycle-to-compete-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/nigerian-cyclist-borrows-bicycle-to-compete-at-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian cyclist borrows bicycle to compete at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240808-174158-1-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240808-174158-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240808-174158-1.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ese Ukpeseraye<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Amah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindly share:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ese Ukpeseraye, Nigerian cyclist, says she had to borrow a bicycle from her German colleagues to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cyclist revealed her challenge in a tweet on her X account on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukpeseraye made history as the first Nigerian cyclist to represent the country at the Olympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She competed in the women\u2019s road race on August 4 but did not register a score after failing to complete the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, the 25-year-old raced in the Keirin and Sprint cycling event, finishing sixth in the first round. Later in the day, she also failed to secure qualification through the repechage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on her experience during the race, Ukpeseraye said she was called up to participate in the second event on \u201cshort notice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cyclist said she had \u201cno bicycle to race with on the tracks\u201d, and the German team came to her rescue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDue to the short notice, I had to compete at the Keirin &amp; Sprint. I had no bicycle to race with on the tracks,\u201d the tweet reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the spirit of sportsmanship, the German team came to my rescue by offering me a bicycle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukpeseraye is also scheduled to participate in one more event on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ese Ukpeseraye By Amah Kindly share: Ese Ukpeseraye, Nigerian cyclist, says she had to borrow a bicycle from her German&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[449],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-ese-ukpeseraye"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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