Former President, Nigeria Weighting Federation (NWF), Ajibade Fashina-Thomas has decried the poor treatment of weightlifters that will represent the country at the London Olympic Games.
?Fashina-Thomas, said in Lagos that weightlifting was a veritable avenue for the country to win many medals at the Olympics.
?He stressed that the sport should not be treated with levity but rather with some considerable respects.
??“Apart from athletics where we draw our medals from, weightlifting is another veritable avenue of getting medals at the Olympic Games.
“So, if our weightlifters do not go to the Olympics that would be a disaster because we really bank on having some medals from weightlifting.
?“I do hope that things will improve in the next month or couple of months and reasons will prevail so as to allow our weightlifters go on training tours and eventually participate in the Olympics.”
?He expressed concern over the poor preparation of athletes for the Olympic Games, especially the inability of the National Sports Commission to organise training tours for athletes.
Fashina-Thomas also said the country should always strive to begin early preparation for competitions, as the usual “fire brigade approach” would never yield good results.
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