MINISTER OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT SAYS IT WILL REVIEW NIGERIA’S POOR PERFORMANCE AT 2024 PARIS.
Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, has said the country’s apex body has swung into a review process of Nigeria’s poor performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics Games as the country looks forward to the Paralympics, which begins August 28 in Paris as well.
At the 33rd Olympic Games held between July 26 and August 11 in France, Nigeria failed to win a medal despite a strong representation of 88 athletes in 12 sports, matching the country’s worst outings in Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1965, Rome 1960, Mexico 1968, Moscow 1980, Seoul 1988 and London 2012.
Enoh, who had earlier commented on Team Nigeria’s poor performance at the multi-sport event, took to X on Sunday to further admit that the outing could have been better.
The minister who was appointed about a year ago, also said that the ministry had few months to prepare for the Olympics and other major competitions, while sports federations were more focused on qualifying than preparing for the Olympics.