Cyril Chinedu Oriala (born 17 November 1981) is a

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Chinedu Oriala
beijing2008.cn, ret: 29 Aug 2008 Oriala represented

Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nigeria competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Medalists Athletics Fourteen men and eighteen women qualified to represent Nigeria in athletics. ;Key * Note ...

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. He competed at the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and

Uchenna Emedolu __NOTOC__ Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976) is a Nigerian retired athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at t ...

. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.

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* 1981 births Living people Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nigerian male sprinters African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{nigeria-athletics-bio-stub