₦airaland Forum

Even before she left the shores of Nigeria for Brazil,
Mariam Usman knew that winning a medal at the Rio 2016
Olympics would be a tough call. She would not pretend to be a magician nor claim perfection where there is none.
Usman believes one can only reap where one sows.
The Commonwealth medallist in the +75kg in weightlifting says she has lost the urge to represent Nigeria at international events. Mariam was the only weightlifter that represented Nigeria here in Rio. She competed in the +75 category and amassed 265 kg. She finished 8th in her group. is painful to come to the Olympics and see people who are your contemporaries perform better than you; not because you lack the ability but because you were not prepared like them,” she said, while speaking to reporters at the Games Village, here in Rio. “For me, it is not just about jumping unto the plane every four years to go to the Olympics. Every athlete you see here wants to step on the podium. If you can’t aim to climb up there, you have no business coming to the Olympics. I can only consider going to another Olympics if things change for the better. But if the status quo is maintained, I don’t think I will go to another Olympics again.”
She said training for the Rio Olympics was non-existent
while her counterparts from other countries who are
competing here in Brazil have been training for three to four
years.
"Olympic gold medal doesn’t come cheap. It is painful that
one has to suffer and when competition comes they expect
you to win a medal with your blood.
“The people you have to compete with had everything they
needed: training grants, competitions and are exposed to
the most modern equipment. I had nothing. You don’t
expect such people who have invested so much to lose to
one who don’t even train adequately.”
The African champion said before the 2012 Olympics, she
had better training than she did under the current
dispensation.
“Yes, I feel 2012 was better. I had better training and my
result was better. This time nothing was done to better one’s performance.”

But ifeajuna had little training and set a British record. If you're good, you're good.

Take heart dear, Its part of the "change"

Try Togo.

Buhari has ear infection/virus he can't hear you

santino09:
But ifeajuna had little training and set a British record. If you're good, you're good.

Bros, why you dey compare 1960 to 2016?

oweniwe:
Bros, why you dey compare 1960 to 2016?

Why not! Were was there no training then.

santino09:
Why not! Were was there no training then.

U think Ifeajuna came out of d bush to compete in the Olympics? He was a Sandhurst trained soldier... A British trained soldier...

Okay!

She better retire then.

If you want to release statements like this you need to have proven yourself first to be an asset to Nigeria.

When you are ranking 10th in the world after many years in the sport, Nigeria won't care or even know whether you are representing them or not.

Abeg madam retire and coach the next generation .

no cement n pole 4 ur area? aw come u didn't improvise and train urself or is d glory 4 me if u win medal?