The success of the programme which started as an initiative for Ijebu Region, then Ogun State is now attracting the interest of schools and athletics clubs in the South-west states.
The 2023 edition of the Tobi/Abiola Sprint and Relays Meet is set to be bigger than organisers initially planned as athletics clubs and schools from four states have expressed interest in participating.
A renowned shot-put and discuss champion Olawale Olatunji who is the Meet Director told the media that the 2023 edition will be held at the Otunba Dipo Dina stadium, Ijebu-Ode from 3-4 November, 2023. “We are delighted to accommodate athletes from other states, the vision of the initiator of this project is to make it a national, then continental and a global meet one day’’.Amusan and Abiola Onakoya are beneficiaries of youth development programmes in Ogun State which led to their discovery as young athletes. They both got scholarships to study at the University of El-Paso, in Texas, USA.
Amusan who also won the gold medal in the event is the first and only Nigerian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships since the inaugural edition in 1983.It is in recognition of her contributions to the growth of athletics from the grassroots and also her achievements that earned Amusan the ambassadorial role.
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