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Nigerian athletes promise better preparations ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

Posted : 27 June 2024

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It's not all gloomy for a key member of Team Nigeria, Chidi Okezie, at the 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships in Douala, Cameroon.


The gold medalist at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana, says many lessons have been learned in Cameroon and will be implemented in Paris, the French capital, during the Olympic Games.


“Sometimes, you have to be uncomfortable. You can’t be afraid of challenges. This time, the challenge has defeated me, lol.


“This Africa trip taught me a lot about my body and my mental toughness.”


That's the candid submission of the man who anchored Team Nigeria at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas earlier this year, Chidi Okezie, adding that he is ready to correct the mistakes he made at the Championships.


On Tuesday, the US-born sprinter of Nigerian and Jamaican descent and two-time African Championships bronze medalist in the 400 metres, said he knows what to fix to improve his performance.


In Douala, the 6.6m tall athlete ran 45.96 to place fifth in his semifinal heat.


Okezie said: “It was not good enough to land me in my dream final this time around.”


Chidi Okezie, the Nigerian hero at the World Athletics Relays in May, took to his official Facebook page to express his disappointments with a promise to fix things ahead of the Olympics.


"After running a PB and qualifying for the Olympics, I was on top of the world. That quickly changed when I ran my slowest races of the year at the Nigerian Championships and then failed to qualify for the African Championships final, finishing 9th," the graduate of Hampton University stated.


"I was down about my performances but I know what I need to fix. It’s time to get back to the drawing board. Remember, God makes no mistakes," Okezie, a master's degree holder in Sports Administration, concluded.

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