Tag: Nigerian Athletes
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Photos: Disqualified Nigerian Athletes Protest In Tokyo
Nigerian track and field athletes staged a protest in Tokyo after 10 of them were disqualified from participating at the on-going Olympic Games. Twenty athletes, including 10 from Nigeria, were disqualified from participating in track and field at the Olympics because they did not meet anti-doping testing requirements in the lead-up to the Games. The…
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Tokyo 2020: Nigerian athletes lament sleeping difficulty
Some Nigerian athletes due to take part in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan this summer have complained that they are suffering from sleep disruptions. The athletes lamented that they are struggling to acclimatise to the time zone in Japan, which is eight hours ahead of Nigeria’s. In a video clip from Tokyo, by Chika…
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Tokyo 2020: NOC foresees better performance by Nigerian athletes
The President, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Habu Gumel, on Wednesday assured that the country’s athletes would do better at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Gumel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that NOC was working tirelessly to see that the athletes were well motivated to perform better during the Olympics. NAN…