The athlete made this known on Thursday via her post on X, revealing that the German team offered her a bike to compete in the global tournament.

A Nigerian road and track cyclist, Eze Ukpesereye  has revealed that she borrowed a bike to compete at the Keirin Sprint event in the ongoing 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.

The athlete made this known on Thursday via her post on X, revealing that the German team offered her a bike to compete in the global tournament. 

She wrote: “Due to the short notice of me competing at the Keirin & Sprint, #teamNigeria I had no bicycle to race with on the tracks. In d spirit of sportsmanship the German team @bunddeutscherradfahr came to my rescue by offering me a bicycle.”

Many Nigerian netizens had claimed that Eze’s situation is one of the many reasons  the country is yet to have a single medal to its name in the ongoing global event. 

SaharaReporters had reported that athletes from Nigeria would participate in at least 11 competitions in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

It was learnt that Nigeria would fill in players to compete in Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Football, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

Nigeria is presently ranked as the 9th most successful African country in the Olympics with 3 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze. Kenya and South Africa are the two most successful countries in Africa with a total of 113 and 89 medals respectively.

A Nigerian sprinter, Favour Ofili, had also said she had been disallowed from participating in a 100m race at the ongoing Olympics a few days ago.

The athlete had made this known in a series of tweets, blaming her situation on the administrative failure of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, and the Nigerian Olympic Committee, NOC.

She had urged the relevant organisations to explain why they let her miss a rare opportunity for which she had worked for over four years.

She had also questioned the trustworthiness and credibility of both Nigerian organisations