By Ben Efe, London
Nigerian sprinter, Segun Rotawo buckled to pressure of competing at the London Olympics Stadium.

Rotawo who was making his maiden voyage in the Paralympics had ran the fastest time in the T11 200m men prior to the Games, but on Tuesday night he failed to finish in the top three.

His coach Joseph Unuareokpa said that his boy was simply swallowed by the intimidating atmosphere at the Olympics Stadium.

“I don’t know what happened to Segun. He was one of our best hopes and I expected him to get the gold because of the hard work he put in training.

“But I am sure that it is the intimidating crowd that cowed him. This is his first time of running before a huge audience,” said the coach.

However, he added that there were other prospects like in the discus throw. Nigerian is yet to win a track and field medal as the Games entered the home stretch yesterday.