The 25-year-old did not finish her first event, the 158km road race on August 4, but managed the sixth position in the first heat of the women’s track event.
She finished with a time of 13.108, missing out on an automatic spot into the quarterfinals.
Despite the disappointment, the Canyon-SRAM Generation cyclist is moved by the feat of making history.
“I deserve some accolades. The green, white, green with pride. Epic moments. Write my name in gold. I’ve set the ball rolling for cycling in Nigeria,” she wrote via X on Thursday.
“I never expected to go to the Olympics, but I just tried my best. When they told me I’d qualified for the Olympics, I was so happy,” she said via cyclingnews.com.
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