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61 Athletes to Fly Team Nigeria Flag in Tokyo 2020 Games

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.

61 athletes to fly Team Nigeria s flag at Tokyo Olympics

61 athletes to fly Team Nigeria’s flag at Tokyo Olympics Back-to-back Commonwealth gold medallist in the Women’s Freestyle 57 kg weight class,Odunayo Adekuoroye celebrates after a victorious outing. She will fly Nigeria’s flag in wrestling in Tokyo By Tue Jun 29 2021 A total of 61 athletes will fly Team Nigeria’s flag in 9 different sporting events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Minister of Sports Sunday Dare who made this known in Abuja yesterday when he addressed the plenary meeting with National Sports Federations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games said the athletes will depart the shores of Nigeria in two batches.

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