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NYG 2023: Excitements, expectations as athletic events begin on Tuesday

Posted : 25 September 2023
Athletic fans, indeed all participants at the National Youth Games, are excited with great expectations as the mother of all sports, athletics, begins on Tuesday. Fans have high expectations of trooping into the Stephen Kesh International Stadium in Asaba on Monday in anticipation of athletics starting like other sports.

The athletics event was, however, shifted to Tuesday as the young sprinters and field athletes training get set to battle for honours. The AthIetics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Technical Director, Samuel Onikeku, said all arrangements were in top gear for a successful AthIetics competition at the Youth Games.

"We are starting on Tuesday. We just had a meeting with the technical officials, and everyone is looking forward to a great start."

'' Some states like Delta, Edo, Lagos, Imo, Abia, Gombe, Plateau, Kaduna, etc. are strategizing and planning how to share the number of huge medals in athletics, as these states have a strong athletic presence here.

Meanwhile, Edo State Sports Commission Executive Chairman Yusuf Alli told participants that Edo State was in the competition with zero expectations for medals. The former Africa and national long jump champion said exposure and confidence building are the targets.

"This is a developmental competition for talent discovery; any state that wants medals in the future should start rooming its athletes at this level to the elite stage; then, the medals will come, perhaps at the Africa, Commonwealth, and Olympic Games." His Delta State counterpart, Chief Tonobok Okowa, also echoed the same statement, adding that the Youth Games are an avenue states must latch on to groom talents and not aspiring to always win at this level.

Chief Okowa emphasized: "Most world beaters in athletics today didn't win a medal at the grassroots level but kept on aspiring, training hard, and pushing before winning medals.

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