Rinse and repeat: Nigeria awaits Los Angeles Olympics after Paris’ N9b, poor outing
Complicit administration, dearth of effective sports federations, failure to invest in athletes’ development, and prioritise the implementation of the National Sports Policy; failure to stop wholesale participation in all the sporting events, and concentrate on those that the country has a comparative advantage in, are part of the legion of demons that are afflicting the country’s sports development. The just-concluded Olympic Games in Paris, France, provided a spectacular opportunity for the country to show how it has failed to learn from past experiences. Apart from the outcome of the sporting ensemble making jest of the Federal Government’s boast that Paris 2024 would show how well the country’s sports has grown in the last couple of years, CHRISTIAN OKPARA reports that the anti-climax has rather shown that it is time Nigeria changed her approach to preparing for and competing in major international championships. It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch in 2028. Will Nigeria change its course?
