Athletes in high spirit ahead AFN’s national trials in Benin city

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) says foreign-based athletes are showing immense involvement for the National Olympic Trials scheduled to clasp successful Benin, Edo State from June 16 to 18.

AFN Technical Director Samuel Onikeku told AFN Media successful Ghana during the conscionable concluded Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Region 2 title that athletes person shown their enthusiasm towards the National Trials.

The AFN National Trials volition service arsenic enactment of the nation’s athletes for some the Senior Africa Athletics Championships holding betwixt June 21 and 28 successful Douala, Cameroun and the Paris 2024 Olympics.

“All the athletes are precise enthusiastic to travel location to run, arsenic AFN person a lasting regularisation successful selecting athletes aft the Trials,” Onikeku explained.

The Technical Director further emphasised that the AFN has zero tolerance erstwhile it comes to selecting members of Team Nigeria Athletics.

“We person athletes that person already met the Olympic Games qualifying modular and galore are yet to qualify. That is wherefore the AFN Paris Olympic Trials and CAA Senior Athletics Championships successful Cameroun is crucial.”

Onikeku stated that aft the 2 competitions successful Benin City, Edo State and Douala successful Cameroun, Team Nigeria athletes volition deed Paris successful style.

On Nigeria’s athletes show successful Ghana, Onikeku said: “The Federation was impressed with their show and it is our privation their signifier stays beyond the Olympics.”