Seven Nigerian athletes are expected to depart Lagos, this evening, for Belgrade, Serbia, ahead of this year’s World Athletics Indoor Championships.
Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN President, Tonobok Okowa, who will lead the squad to Belgrade, said in a telephone chat, that the athletes would depart aboard Turkish Airline alongside their coaches, former hurdler, Seigha Porbeni and ex-sprinter, Endurance Ojokolo.
World and Olympic long jump medallist, Ese Brume and the men’s 4×400 miters quartet of Sikiru Adewale Adeyemi, Samson Oghenewegba Samson, Timothy Emewoghene and Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli will be in the flight to Belgrade via Istanbul, Turkey, while Ruth Usoro, the Nigerian triple jump record holder, will fly from the United States of America to join the team for the championships.
Also expected to join the team is AFN’s Performance Director, U.S.-based former 400m hurdler, Victor Okorie. The Belgrade 2022 World Indoor Championship will hold from March 18th to 20th.
Meanwhile, Okowa said he is hopeful the athletes will do Nigeria proud by winning medals in Belgrade.
