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Chinedu Oriala
Chinedu Oriala (born November 17, 1981) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.
Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.
Obikwelu in a time of 10.34 seconds. He improved his time to 10.29 seconds for the next round, but his time was only the 6th time of the heat and he was eliminated. Together with Onyeabor Ngwogu, Chinedu Oriala and Uchenna Emedolu he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated. He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing first in his first round heat, with a time of 20.62 seconds