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Chris Maduewesi
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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria(AFN) is grappling with funds to commence their second camping exercise in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Technical director of the AFN Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, revealed that they are on the verge of calling off the camp due to a paucity of funds,adding that it would require a miracle for them to carry on with their proposed plans.
The AFN just ended the first phase of camping last Thursday but the second phase might not be held as earlier planned.
“My only worry is that we are breaking off the camp and I hope we are able to get resources to assemble them as fast as possible,” Omatseye is quoted as saying on Vanguard Sports.
Nevertheless,Nesiama said that the federation has been impressed with the good times the athletes are recording in their events.
“Our own set standard is higher than that of the Commonwealth Games.
“From what I have seen, 80 per cent of the athletes will make the Commonwealth Games standard without blinking their eyes.
“We are not going to work only with the Commonwealth qualifying standard; Nigeria is beyond that now because we don’t just want to go and participate, we want to go and make meaningful impact.
“That is just the minimum because we are going to have several other trials like the national competitions where we will determine the final team that will go to the Games.
“We expect that the team we will take to the Commonwealth Games will qualify based on a much higher standard than the official Games qualification standard,” Nesiama added.
Technical director of the AFN Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, revealed that they are on the verge of calling off the camp due to a paucity of funds,adding that it would require a miracle for them to carry on with their proposed plans.
The AFN just ended the first phase of camping last Thursday but the second phase might not be held as earlier planned.
“My only worry is that we are breaking off the camp and I hope we are able to get resources to assemble them as fast as possible,” Omatseye is quoted as saying on Vanguard Sports.
Nevertheless,Nesiama said that the federation has been impressed with the good times the athletes are recording in their events.
“Our own set standard is higher than that of the Commonwealth Games.
“From what I have seen, 80 per cent of the athletes will make the Commonwealth Games standard without blinking their eyes.
“We are not going to work only with the Commonwealth qualifying standard; Nigeria is beyond that now because we don’t just want to go and participate, we want to go and make meaningful impact.
“That is just the minimum because we are going to have several other trials like the national competitions where we will determine the final team that will go to the Games.
“We expect that the team we will take to the Commonwealth Games will qualify based on a much higher standard than the official Games qualification standard,” Nesiama added.