According to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ninety
athletes will represent Nigeria at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games scheduled
to run from April 4 to 15 as the country will take part in 10 events, including
Athletics, Basketball, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Boxing, Table Tennis,
Gymnastics, Para table tennis, Para Athletics, Para Powerlifting.
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung revealed in a meeting the
ministry held yesterday with presidents of the 10 federations, whose athletes
will be taking part in the Games. Speaking at the meeting, said it was convened
to scrutinize and defend the athletes’ participation at the Games, evaluate
their prospects and finalize arrangements for the last phase of training before
the games.
A breakdown of the contingent shows that wrestling will be represented by
six male and six female athletes, who will depart for Australia tomorrow to
continue preparations for the games.
Weightlifting will feature four athletes, two men and two women, but
athletics has the largest contingent with 37 stars, including 17 men and 20
women. Three medals prospects, including Divine Oduduru and gymnast, Uche Eke
will not be at the championship due to academic commitments. The development
means that Gymnastics will be represented by just one gymnast. “Athletics will
hold its final training for 10 days while its top 10 athletes will attend the
World indoors in Birmingham before arriving on March 1,” the ministry said.
It added that table tennis, which has five male players, would begin
camping three weeks before the games, while Para Powerlifting, which will spend
one month in the Gold Coast training for the competition, will present two
players and two Para Athletes. The Commonwealth Games Athletes Village
will open on March 25.
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