Paris 2024 Olympics: Like Amata, Adeshina bows out at the first hurdle

Nigeria’s hopes of having the first woman to qualify for the final of the high jump event was dashed Friday morning at the Stade de France in Paris where Temitope Adeshina neither cleared the 1.97m qualification mark set for the event nor finihsed among the top 12 that will proceed to the final.

Adeshina, who set a 1.97m Nigerian record in the event just under two months ago could not fly past 1.92m after managing to clear 1.88m on her second attempt and finished 19th in the final classification.

The 25 year old has now joined Doreen Amata as the two Nigerians who have competed in the event and who failed to clear heights high enough to secure a place in the final.

Amata made three attempts (2008, 2012 and 2016) but was unable to replicate what she did at the World Championships level where she made it to the final of the event in 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.