After two weeks of drama, emotion, highs and lows, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will climax on Sunday. The delayed Games branded as the
The Nigerian Olympians made a record five finals at the Tokyo Games and set several new personal best PBs records in Athletics with 21-year-old Enoch Adegoke emerged the third Nigerian to get to the finals of the Men’s 100m event and the first 100m Olympic finalist since 1996, clocking 10.00s in heat 2 of men’s 100m semis, 25 years after Davidson Ezinwa achieved the feat at Atlanta ‘96.
Iloenyosi, who spoke to newstap.com.ng, said anybody who wants to do an objective assessment of Team Nigeria’s performance would not be calling for the sports minister’s head since in his words…”so many factors come into play when you go into a competition such as the Olympics.” “D’Tigers and D’Tigress may not have done well, but let’s not forget that qualifying the two teams for the Olympics is a huge achievement. The little girl in Taekwondo Anyanacho is an athlete that would be good for a medal at the Paris games. So, for me, rather than bicker over our showing in Tokyo, we should begin immediately to prepare for Paris 2024.
“For me, the athletes tried their best but as always, it wasn’t good enough because they had to compete with the best of the bests from all across the world. What team Nigeria lacked and probably would always lack is ample preparation and infrastructure to help them optimize their skills and potential. And for as many of them that were disqualified, they need to do better and exercise a high level of discipline so that this scenario would not repeat itself,” Kolawole stated.
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