Slave Kalu leaps in early preparation to succeed in sports competitions The Guardian Nigeria News

Its. Orji Kalu. Picture / FACEBOOK / SENATOR OIL

The Senate’s main district, Senator Orji Kalu, has called on Nigerian athletes and sports federations to ensure early preparations to win a medal in international competitions.

Kalu, who made a call in an interview with the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) in Abuja, expressed concern that the Nigerian national football team was not eligible for the just-concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He stressed that sports administrators need to return to the drawing board in order to meet some of the challenges in the sports industry.

According to him, if you want to be in the field of sports, you have to work hard.

It was a shame that Nigeria did not participate in football at the last Olympics and the country lost financially.

This is because there you introduce these athletes to take on foreign teams where they earn money for themselves and their parents as well as for the country.

So I was very worried that our national football team wouldn’t make it to the Olympics.

Hopefully this won’t happen again at the World Cup and the next Olympics.

I want the federal government to start preparations early because it will help the country succeed, Kalu said.

However, the former Abian governor greeted the team for their efforts and urged them to take advantage of the experience gained from the Tokyo Olympics in future competitions.

Nigeria ranked 74th at the medal table, eighth in Africa after more than two weeks of fascinating sporting events.

At the 32nd Olympics, Nigeria added two medals to its modest occasion at the Games.

The silver in wrestling won by Blessing Oborududu and the bronze in the long jump secured by Ese Brume took the Nigerian Olympic medals to 27th.

While problems with administrative laxity affected Team Nigeria’s performances in Tokyo, some athletes punched through the logjams to show their splendor.

21-year-old Enoch Adegoke became the first Nigerian to reach the men’s 100m final in 25 years, and 17-year-old Abiola Ogunbanwo broke the national swimming record when he wrote 59.74 seconds in the women’s 100m freestyle. .

However, the big guns didn’t fill the hype that put them in the race.

It started with Blessing Okagbares suspension after he was positive for human growth hormone.

The ousting of the Aruna Quadr in the third round of the men’s table tennis singles was also shocking, followed by the defeat of Odunayo Adekuruoye in his first match in Tokyo.