GymnasticsVille Podcast - At The Bucket with Gio - Uche Eke Interview

At The Bucket with Gio - Uche Eke Interview

06/24/21 • 47 min

At The Bucket with Gio interviews Uche Eke. Eke is Nigeria’s first African games gold medalist in gymnastics. He also just became the first Nigerian to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics at the African Championships recently held in Cairo, Egypt.

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