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The German team had mercy on Nigeria's Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye by borrowing her a bicycle so she could participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Nigeria's Ese Ukpeseraye borrows a bicycle from Germany for the Paris 2024 Olympics
Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye took to social media to state how she was treated by Team Nigeria at the games.
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In a post on X, she revealed that she had no bicycle to participate in the keirin & Sprint event.
It was the German team that decided to show sportsmanship by borrowing her their bicycle for the event.
A statement by her said, "Due to the short notice of me competing at the keirin & Sprint, #teamNigeria I had no bicycle to race with on the tracks.
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"In d spirit of sportsmanship the German team @bunddeutscherradfahr came to my rescue by offering me a bicycle. Thank you🙌"
Ukpeseraye also thanked the German team for their efforts making sure she competes.
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Confirming what happened was a statement that said, "Special thanks 🙌 to the German track team for providing @Ese_Ukpeseraye
"with a track bike after she received a late call up for the Keirin and Sprint events at #Paris2024
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Just as the case was with Favour Ofili missing out on the 100m race it is expected that there would be an investigation into this situation,
Owan Enoh on Gemany borrowing Ese Ukpeseraye bicycle
The Sports Minister Owan Enoh has now issued a statement on Ese Ukpeseraye borrowing a bicycle to participate.
My attention has been called to a post on social media by Ese Ukpeseraye. After reading the post and some follow up comments i swung into action. Ese's post seems to have been grossly misunderstood, perhaps also because it didn't seem to give proper context to the matter in perspective. It is important i make some clarifications.
Abinitio, Team Nigeria qualified for one road race in cycling and prepared for it in terms of training and the appropriate competition equipment. Team Nigeria was fully prepared for this road race until two weeks ago after the Cycling team with the rest of Team Nigeria had already left for the Olympics, that a communication from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) was received reallocating additional slots to the Cyclist Federation of Nigeria (Kerin and individual sprint).
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"This reallocation to Nigeria was due to the disqualification of a country, leaving Nigeria as the next eligible to make the list of qualified countries to compete. Unfortunately, this additional slot required the use of a different competition equipment in terms of biking.
"For this track race reallocated to Team Nigeria, a very special equipment (approved specifically for the Olympic track game) is used. It'll take months to have it delivered after ordering and making payment.
"To therefore get Ese to compete, the Federation through Ese's Club in Europe and working with a German owned Company, got a ‘Track Bike’ for our cycler Ese.
"Tomorrow the 9th of August 2024, Ese will race in an individual sprint, the race she originally qualified for."
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