Olawale Ajimotokanin Abuja
Team Nigeria will depart for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in two batches with 61 athletes flying the country’s flag.
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development made this disclosure on Monday during a plenary meeting with National Sports Federations whose athletes qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
According to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, the emergence of Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020 affected the organisational structures of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“This consequently pushed International Federations (IFs) to review their international sporting calendar and qualification pathway for athletes in their quest to participate at the Games.