Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has commended members of the silver winning national U-23 team of Nigeria for their exceptional performance at the just concluded 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
If the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics held on August 8 was breathtaking and highly impressive, the closing ceremony drowned it with a much more glamourous display from the Chinese.
The dream of a second football gold for Nigeria came to an end in the humid atmosphere of Beijing with a 1-0 loss on Saturday against Argentina courtesy of an Angel di Maria goal in the second half.
After yet another football gold medal eluding the South American giants, Brazil settled for bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games with a 3-0 victory over hapless Belgium that incurred the wrath of another miss for the Brazilians.
The women's 4x100m relay team earned consolation from what has been a disastrous athletics outing for Team Nigeria when the quartet picked bronze from a dramatic final that saw favourites Jamaica drop their baton.