Two Nigeria athletes Usheoritse Itsekiri and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi have applied for the World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation’s $500,000 welfare fund,Both bodies put the fund in p
lace to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on athletes who have met the entry standard and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
“What we did was to send the link to them and they applied directly as athletes, you don’t go through your federation.Itsekiri has qualified for the men’s 100m event at the Olympics, which was shifted to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Enekwechi is already through to the men’s shot-put event.
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