Three athletes from Kwara State have been invited to the national camp and will represent Nigeria at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow following their good performance at the just concluded AFN Commonwealth Games Trials held at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Abuja.
They are David Olowookere, Abu Joy and Teslim Oyedele, all competed in the AFN three days trials held last week.
Olowokere finished 2nd in 400m huddles with 52.87secs, Teslim Oyedele also 2nd in 800m with 1.55secs while Abu Joy finished with 52.87secs to finish 3rd in 400m huddles female category.
Other Kwara athletes that took part in the trials are Adeyemi Sikiru who finished in 47.14secs to place 5th in 400m; Afeez Abdulrahman occupied 7th position after clocked 47.87secs.
While the likes of Shadrack Joseph and Victoria Okeke dropped out in semifinals in male and female 100m respectively.
Speaking on the development, Kwara State Athletics Coach Adeyemi Abiodun praised his athletes for their wonderful display at the trials despite the challenges faced on their way to Abuja for the competition.
โI want to praise my athletes for this great achievement because I didn’t expect that performance with what we experienced on the road. Our vehicle spoilt and we have to sleep in the bush so, fatigue and exhaustion had affected them but they fought very hard and came out with a good performance,โ Biodun said.
The coach however appealed to the state government to also look into other sports apart from football in order to improve their performance at the national championship.
