The
President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Dr. Solomon Ogba has urged home based athletes to work very hard to make the lean team that will
represent Nigeria at the Beijing 2015
IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
Dr. Ogba said,
“The Beijing World Championships will not be a jamboree, we are going with a
very lean team, any athlete who does not have a chance of making the finals will
not be in our team. I am impressed with the performances of some of our athletes
in the Anambra Golden League I hope they will up their game in Kaduna and run
better’’.
Ogba also
revealed that only coaches that are producing athletes will make the national
team,
“In the past
we have taken many coaches who are not producing athletes to games and
championships, but the criteria for coaches selection has changed, only those
producing athletes and whose athletes made the team will be considered for a place
in the national team.’’
Meanwhile,
the AFN is working round the clock to ensure that the Kaduna Golden League is a
huge success.
Olumide Bamiduro
the secretary of the federation revealed that AFN parent body, the National Sports
Commission (NSC) has granted the federation application for the use Ahmadu
Bello Stadium Kaduna as venue of the meet which will hold Saturday June 27,
2015.
Bamiduro revealed most of the athletic clubs and
many state athletic associations have signified their intention to participate
in the Kaduna meet
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