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
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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.