Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nieh mere akụkọ ihe mere eme nke igwu mmiri, dị ka onye dị afọ iri na isii, na 2004 Summer Olympics na Athens, ebe ọ na-asọ mpi na
ụmụnwaanyị mita 50 n'ụdị nnwere onwe. Na-egwu mmiri na okpomọkụ ise, o gosipụtara oge kachasị mma nke 27.09 sekọnd iji bulie ebe nke anọ, mana ọ na-esote Vanessa García nke Puerto Rico karịa karịa nke abụọ. Ọzọkwa, Nieh jikọtara maka iri anọ na otu n'ozuzu ya na Zsuzsanna Csobánki nke Hungary na prelims.