AFN hopeful as Nigeria’s junior athletes seek glory in Peru

After a near-disastrous outing at Tokyo Olympics three years ago, Nigeria’s junior athletes brought relief to the country by putting up outstanding performances at the World U-20 Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The country placed third overall for the first time in history at the championships just a few months after the Games.

“This is the competition Nigerian junior athletes had done supremely well in the past; talk about the likes of Deji Aliu, Seun Ogunkoya, Francis Obikwelu, Gloria Alozie, etc. They started their international career on high at various world junior championships. Nigeria did so well in 2021 in Kenya,” he said.

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