Chierika Ukogu's dreams of winning an Olympic medal has ended after the
US-based Nigerian came fifth in the quarter-finals of the boat rowing event
at the Rio 2016. Despite historically qualifying for the semi finals of the
competition, she won't be competing for medals at the event.
23-year-old Ukogu, who put her medical school on hold to represent Nigeria
in Rio came 5th in her group in the quarterfinals and qualified for the
semi-finals C/D as against A/B which are the medal contention rounds.
The C/D rounds are just for ranking and she'll be competing just for
ranking with thre... more »
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