JEREMY TAIWO
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Another American sired by a Nigerian father in the US. The father is Joseph Taiwo, who repped us in 1984 and 1988 Olympics. I remember Taiwo and Ajayi Agbebaku in the LA Olympics. They were in the top 10 but one of them, I think Agbebaku, the better jumper was injured and was carried away by something like a golf cart.
Jeremy is live now competing as a decathlete for the US. I'm sure if he had been raised in Naija he might never have been an athlete in the first place or be frustrated by clowns wearing red berets.
Jeremy is live now competing as a decathlete for the US. I'm sure if he had been raised in Naija he might never have been an athlete in the first place or be frustrated by clowns wearing red berets.
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Has Nigeria approached his twin brother/sister? We cant let that talent go to waste o.
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No mind us. Naija na like one huge DRAINAGE.anointed wrote:Another American sired by a Nigerian father in the US. The father is Joseph Taiwo, who repped us in 1984 and 1988 Olympics. I remember Taiwo and Ajayi Agbebaku in the LA Olympics. They were in the top 10 but one of them, I think Agbebaku, the better jumper was injured and was carried away by something like a golf cart.
Jeremy is live now competing as a decathlete for the US. I'm sure if he had been raised in Naija he might never have been an athlete in the first place or be frustrated by clowns wearing red berets.
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What will be incentive? Just curious.bret- hart wrote:Has Nigeria approached his twin brother/sister? We cant let that talent go to waste o.
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Ajayi Agbebaku was injured at the 1984 Olympics. A triple jumper who was almost guaranteed a medal! Himself, Yusuf Ali, Sunday Uti and Innocent were the Nigerian hope in 1984! Those were times when things were still good!anointed wrote:Another American sired by a Nigerian father in the US. The father is Joseph Taiwo, who repped us in 1984 and 1988 Olympics. I remember Taiwo and Ajayi Agbebaku in the LA Olympics. They were in the top 10 but one of them, I think Agbebaku, the better jumper was injured and was carried away by something like a golf cart.
Jeremy is live now competing as a decathlete for the US. I'm sure if he had been raised in Naija he might never have been an athlete in the first place or be frustrated by clowns wearing red berets.
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the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
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Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
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truefolem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
i'd say Naija's are repping UK, USA, Qatar, Bahrain. Have not seen any representing the Eastern Bloc yet
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I saw a Ghanaian representing on the Danish handball teamtfco wrote:truefolem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
i'd say Naija's are repping UK, USA, Qatar, Bahrain. Have not seen any representing the Eastern Bloc yet
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Taiwo is the surnamebret- hart wrote:Has Nigeria approached his twin brother/sister? We cant let that talent go to waste o.
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MensahKing Futcha wrote:I saw a Ghanaian representing on the Danish handball teamtfco wrote:truefolem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
i'd say Naija's are repping UK, USA, Qatar, Bahrain. Have not seen any representing the Eastern Bloc yet
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Chief Ogbunigwe wrote:MensahKing Futcha wrote:I saw a Ghanaian representing on the Danish handball teamtfco wrote:truefolem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
i'd say Naija's are repping UK, USA, Qatar, Bahrain. Have not seen any representing the Eastern Bloc yet
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The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
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Japan 4x100m team has a finisher with a surname...Cambridge
but he's of Jamaican origin, so...
but he's of Jamaican origin, so...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwon_Hicksanointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
Antwon Hicks (born March 12, 1983) is an American/Nigerian track and field hurdler who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He was the gold medallist in that event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – the first American to win that title. He was twice NCAA indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles.
He was a 15-time state high school champion and the 1999 American junior champion in the high jump.
A regular participant at national events, he came close to Olympic selection on two occasions, coming fifth at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and fourth at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. At the 2008 event he recorded his lifetime best of 13.09 seconds in the semi-finals. This time ranked him fourth in the world that year and moved him into the all-time top thirty hurdlers. The only people to run faster that year were world record holder and Olympic champion Dayron Robles and American Olympic medalists David Oliver and Terrence Trammell.
He ranked seventh at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.
He opted to run for Nigeria late in his career. Another American hurdler, Tyron Akins, opted to do the same around this period in 2014.
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folem wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwon_Hicksanointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
Antwon Hicks (born March 12, 1983) is an American/Nigerian track and field hurdler who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He was the gold medallist in that event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – the first American to win that title. He was twice NCAA indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles.
He was a 15-time state high school champion and the 1999 American junior champion in the high jump.
A regular participant at national events, he came close to Olympic selection on two occasions, coming fifth at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and fourth at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. At the 2008 event he recorded his lifetime best of 13.09 seconds in the semi-finals. This time ranked him fourth in the world that year and moved him into the all-time top thirty hurdlers. The only people to run faster that year were world record holder and Olympic champion Dayron Robles and American Olympic medalists David Oliver and Terrence Trammell.
He ranked seventh at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.
He opted to run for Nigeria late in his career. Another American hurdler, Tyron Akins, opted to do the same around this period in 2014.
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So, your post doesn't make him dreg? Did you understand my context?folem wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwon_Hicksanointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
Antwon Hicks (born March 12, 1983) is an American/Nigerian track and field hurdler who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He was the gold medallist in that event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – the first American to win that title. He was twice NCAA indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles.
He was a 15-time state high school champion and the 1999 American junior champion in the high jump.
A regular participant at national events, he came close to Olympic selection on two occasions, coming fifth at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and fourth at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. At the 2008 event he recorded his lifetime best of 13.09 seconds in the semi-finals. This time ranked him fourth in the world that year and moved him into the all-time top thirty hurdlers. The only people to run faster that year were world record holder and Olympic champion Dayron Robles and American Olympic medalists David Oliver and Terrence Trammell.
He ranked seventh at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.
He opted to run for Nigeria late in his career. Another American hurdler, Tyron Akins, opted to do the same around this period in 2014.
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If we actually play our cards rights, we can get VERY DECENT American and British athletes with Nigerian background to represent us at the Olympics if they cannot make the cut for the US and Britain. It is a win-win situation - an opportunity for them to go to the Olympics, an opportunity for us to win medals. It happens in football, it can happen in Olympic sports.anointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
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“I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. Football is like that. When I watch Barcelona, it is art” — Arsène Wenger, August 2009
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Vincent. wrote:If we actually play our cards rights, we can get VERY DECENT American and British athletes with Nigerian background to represent us at the Olympics if they cannot make the cut for the US and Britain. It is a win-win situation - an opportunity for them to go to the Olympics, an opportunity for us to win medals. It happens in football, it can happen in Olympic sports.anointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
Happens in all Arenas of sports. Actually know a guy who plays ball & wants to rep 4 Naija. Mum is yanks, pops Naija. Plays overseas now I think.
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What's in it for them representing Nigeria?Vincent. wrote:If we actually play our cards rights, we can get VERY DECENT American and British athletes with Nigerian background to represent us at the Olympics if they cannot make the cut for the US and Britain. It is a win-win situation - an opportunity for them to go to the Olympics, an opportunity for us to win medals. It happens in football, it can happen in Olympic sports.anointed wrote:The dregs are what we have. Who on earth is Antwon Hicks for instance? I read somewhere that several excellent Chinese table tennis players had to take up other nationalities to compete in international competitions like the Games because the competition at home was too much. If we had one of them, then you are talking. Or can you imagine Aries Merritt & Kendra Harrison running for Naija cos she couldn't win a place each in the make & female sprint hurdles cos the competition was too tough in the US?folem wrote:Americans are also representing Nigeria.tfco wrote:the number of naijas repping other countries is insane - by birth or by switching
i'd say Naija is #1 at these games.
But we all know we can only get the dregs considering the way we treat our athletes.
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Half of University of Texas track and field team have Nigerian names ... at least it looks that way from the last big 12 track meet I watched. These are future Olympians. Nigeria should make concerted effort to convince them to represent Nigeria like we currently do in soccer.
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Why represent a failed nation? Please, they should stay away from Nigeria if they are serious about winning Olympic medals in the future.1naija wrote:Half of University of Texas track and field team have Nigerian names ... at least it looks that way from the last big 12 track meet I watched. These are future Olympians. Nigeria should make concerted effort to convince them to represent Nigeria like we currently do in soccer.
With a population of over 100 million people, it is a travesty that Nigeria cannot boast 10 medals (at least) at Rio. That country is obviously not working.
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It makes little of no difference. Nobody is asking them to locate to Nigeria (even top athletes that are born and bred in Nigeria and other countries operate out of training camps in the US). All they have to do is run under the Nigerian flag.Dr. Wazobia wrote:Why represent a failed nation? Please, they should stay away from Nigeria if they are serious about winning Olympic medals in the future.1naija wrote:Half of University of Texas track and field team have Nigerian names ... at least it looks that way from the last big 12 track meet I watched. These are future Olympians. Nigeria should make concerted effort to convince them to represent Nigeria like we currently do in soccer.
With a population of over 100 million people, it is a travesty that Nigeria cannot boast 10 medals (at least) at Rio. That country is obviously not working.
Eto’o, Ronaldinho, Deco, and Messi are like good caviar, tender pine-nuts, chemical-free sea salt, and the purest of virgin olive oils, said one of the world's greatest chefs, Ferran Adria of El Bulli restaurant, Before Barca went on to wallop Madrid 3-0 at the Bernabeu.
“I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. Football is like that. When I watch Barcelona, it is art” — Arsène Wenger, August 2009
“I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. Football is like that. When I watch Barcelona, it is art” — Arsène Wenger, August 2009