With less than a week to the start of the 2020 Paralympic Games, Team Nigeria athletes have arrived in Kisarazu, Japan, the venue of their training camp before departing for Tokyo.
Nigeria is to participate in four events at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The events include; Powerlifting, Para-Athletics, Para-Table Tennis and Para Rowing.
Speaking ahead of the Games, Captain of Team Nigeria Paralympians, Lucy Ejike assured Nigerians that they were not going to disappoint in Tokyo.
She also pledged that Nigeria was going the Games to improve on the previous world records set in some of the events.
Also speaking on the same level of optimism, Para Power-lifter, Nnamdi Innocent, expressed appreciation to the Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare for his motivation for the team.
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will be Nigeria’s 8th consecutive appearance since her debut at the inaugural edition at Barcelona Paralympic Games in 1992.
