Following the conclusion of the Edo 2020 National sports Festival with impressive performances of some athletes, focus now shifts to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with home-based athletes expected to commence preparation in Lagos and Port Harcourt camps.
This much was revealed by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare, adding he was satisfied with the performances of some of the home-based athletes at Edo 2020.
“With the successful completion of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival, all our attention now shifts to the Tokyo Olympics,” the minister was quoted as saying.
“As the curtain draws to a close in Benin, another opens with 100 days countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where athletes are expected to signify to the world that we are ready and that we mean business.
“The successes recorded in Benin would propel us to achieving greater success in Tokyo.
“Preparations will now begin in earnest with the athletes to be camped in Port Harcourt and Lagos. We are also monitoring the performances of the foreign-based athletes closely,” he added.
Meanwhile, the minister has lauded the feats of Ifiezegbe Gagbe, who won 15 medals in swimming, as well as 10-year-old Stephanie Onusiriuka, a triple medalist in gymnastics and Grace Nwokocha who won the sprint events in athletics to confirm her qualification to the Olympics.
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