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Dear Ol’ State: Olympic Medalist Falilatu Ogunkoya Returns To Starkville
Dear ol' State
Published on 1/13/2022
Dear ol' State
Published on 1/13/2022
She's one of only three Mississippi State athletes to ever medal in the Olympic Games and for the first time in over two decades, she's back in Starkville to visit. On a special edition of Dear Ol' State, Falilatu Ogunkoya sits down with MSU senior writer Joel Coleman to discuss her career, including coming to Starkville from Nigeria in the late 1980s and claiming Nigeria's first-ever individual Olympic medal in track and field. The Dear Ol' State podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Just search for Dear Ol' State.
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