DT/Lagos Club Athletics Series can rival Golden League, says Alao

Chairman of Lagos State Athletics Association, Solomon Alao, believes the yearly Deji Tinubu (DT)/Lagos Club Athletics Series, which debuted this year, can be as big as World Athletics’ Golden League.   The maiden edition of the four-leg tournament, which featured clubs across the country, and some schools, ended at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Sports Complex at the weekend.   The event, which also featured athletes from Ghana and Benin Republic, was so successful that LSAA is already thinking of ways of making it bigger and better.   

We can dream, at some point, we may even be talking about putting our tracks all across the country. It’s four legs now, what stops it from becoming 10 or 15. What stops us from rivalling the Golden League, we can dream.  

“The AFN can’t do everything, but collaborate with states’ athletics associations to make the sport better.   “Even next year, we are planning to go zonal and have the athletes converge for the final in Benin City for the trials,” he said.   The DT/Lagos Club Athletics Series featured 27 clubs and three schools, who competed for the N10m prize money.

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