Nigeria departs for Taekwondo OQT
The timely intervention of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has made it possible for the Taekwondo team to depart today to Rabat, Morocco for the World Taekwondo Africa Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020, taking place from February 22 to 24 at the Complexe sportif Moulay Abdellah .
National Coach, John Victor, already departed yesterday for Rabat, in order to participate in the World Taekwondo Coach Certification Level two course, which is a new certification required for all coaches at World Taekwondo events with G-4 and above ranking status. “We have a young and passionate team, led by a highly experienced technical team. Our athletes have been very brave and hardworking in training. Certainly, all they need to do is replicate the form shown in training and in competitions of late, and we will be in Tokyo. We will support them fully in order to achieve this objective.”
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