'The medal outcome at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stands as Nigeria’s best result in the last 13 years,'Mr Dare wrote.
that saw 10 of its athletes disqualified and one of its finalists washing his own jersey.
“Nigeria succeeded with two medals… The medal outcome at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stands as Nigeria’s best result in the last 13 years,” Mr Dare said in a statement sent toThis newspaper reported how 10 Nigerian athletes who travelled to participate in the Olympics were disqualified over administrative issues.
“First is the mishap resulting in 10 Team Nigeria athletes being ruled ineligible to compete for missing their mandatory Out of Competition Test, OTC. When notice of this ruling got to me, I immediately mobilized my team and the AFN leadership to see how the situation could be salvaged. We mounted a vigorous appeal process with Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU and had the team members complete the tests. However, timing became the critical issue .
2. This was out of respect for our athletes who had committed so much effort and made such considerable personal sacrifice in order to represent our nation as best as they could. Overall, we should be proud of Team Nigeria and the effort they made. The bottom line is that these games should always be about the athletes and the spirit of friendly competition and excellence the Olympics are meant to engender.
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