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Nigeria’s 12-year wait for gold

Sporting Witness by BBC

May 9, 202611:01Sports & Recreation

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000 the Nigerian 4x400m relay team surpassed expectations by winning silver in dramatic fashion. But, in the years that followed revelations about doping in the winning USA team began to emerge...

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Nigeria’s 12-year wait for gold is an episode from Sporting Witness by BBC. At the Sydney Olympics in 2000 the Nigerian 4x400m relay team surpassed expectations by winning silver in dramatic fashion. But, in the years that followed revelati...

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