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``I want to tell you that this is no time to relax as the end of these (Beijing) Games marks the beginning of another. We must start working towards London 2012 Games,'' head of Nigeria's delegation to Beijing, Amos Adamu, said here while addressing the Nigerian contingent.
``We must look inwards at mistakes that cost us medals and plug all loopholes. We no doubt made progress over our last outings at the Sydney 2000 and the 2004 Athens Games. Our performance has shown that there is room for improvements. We can perform well but we need Government to improve the funding of sports,'' he said.
Nigeria ended up with one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Olympics, a far cry from its hopes for 8 gold medals.
Going into the last day of the games Sunday, Nigeria was 61st (out of 82 countries) on the medals table, compared with Kenya which placed 15th with 5 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals to emerge Africa's best nation at the Olympics.
Commentators have blamed Nigeria's poor showing at the games on lack of government support, which has made early preparations impossible.
One disgruntled athlete, top sprinter Uchenna Emedolu, even sabotaged the country's men's 4x100 metres team in protest against the non-payment of his training allowances.
Following is the list of all Nigerian medalists at the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Of the 25 medalists, 18 of them won silver medals from soccer event.
The rest are bronze medalists -- one each in Taekwondo and Long Jump-- and and five from Athletics (4x100metres women).
Silver Medalists (Men's Football)
Adefemi Olubayo
Adeleye Dele
Ajilore Ebenezer
Anichebe Victor
Apam Onyekachi
Ekpo Emmanuel
Ezenwa Okechukwu
Isaac Promise
James Monday
kaita Sani
Obinna Nsofor
Odemwingie Peter
Ogbuke-Obasi Chinedu
Okonkwo Chibuzor
Okoronkwo Solomon
Olufemi Oladapo
Vanzekin Ambrose
Ambrose Efe
Bronze Medallists
Taekwondo +80kg
Chukwumerije Yagazie Chika
Long Jump
Blessing Okagbare (6.91 metres)
4x100 metres women relay
Idoko Franca
Kemasuode Gloria
Ismaila Halimat
Osayomi Oludanmola
Agnes Osazuwa.
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