Ahead Tokyo 2020: Team Nigeria to camp in Lagos, Port Harcourt

Following the conclusion of the  Edo 2020 National sports Festival on Wednesday  night  and the impressive performances  of some athletes,  focus now shifts to the Tokyo  Olympics  with home- based Team Nigeria  expected to camp in Lagos, and Port Harcourt to commence earnest build-up.

According  to the Minister  of Youth and sports Development Chief Sunday Dare “With the successful completion  of the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival,  all our  attention  now shift to the  Tokyo Olympics. As the curtain draws to a close here, another  opens to 100 days  countdown to the  Tokyo 2020 Olympics where athletes  are expected to signify to the world that we are ready and that we mean business.The successes  recorded here would propel us to  achieving  greater success  in Tokyo. Preparations  will now begin in earnest  with the athletes  to be camped in Port Harcourt and Lagos. We are also monitoring the performances of the foreign  based athletes closely.”

The Minister  commended the feats of Bayelsa’s Ifeziabe Gbagbe who won 15 medals  in Swimming, Anambra’s 10 year old Stephanie  Onusiriuka who won 3 medals in  gymnastics  as well as Delta’s Grace Nwokocha who won the 100m and 200m female events which  ensured her qualification for  the Olympics.