The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is on a rebuilding work with a new generation of athletes who will soon rule the world.
Sports Minister Sunday Dare announced this while receiving the victorious team from the just concluded Under-20 World Athletics Championship in Nairobi at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja. He noted that the young athletes have done the country proud, they have not only made a statement of intent to rule the world, but have made it clear that Nigeria is rebuilding a new generation of athletes.
Dare added that the athletes are brilliant stars and the country will embrace them, support and nurture them and unleash them on the world at Paris 2024 Olympics and several other upcoming championships.
In another development, Australian cyclist Paige Greco has won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympic games in style on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old claimed the 3,000 metres individual pursuit title at the Izu Velodrome in a world record time of 3 minutes 50.815 seconds.
Wang Xiaomei of China won silver and Germany’s Denise Schindler took bronze as Greco stole the show. Grego competed in athletics at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and only made her para-cycling debut two years ago.
