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Paris 2024: Echikunwoke reflects on her historic outing with USA

Paris 2024: Echikunwoke reflects on her historic outing with USA

Former Nigerian athlete Annette Nneka Echikunwoke is ecstatic after making history for the United States of America in the women’s hammer throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 28-year-old, who was born in the U.S. to Nigerian parents, initially wanted to represent Nigeria internationally, but a failure by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to properly conduct drug tests, which were required by the International Athletics...