Tokyo Olympics: Team Nigeria suffers setback as COVID-19 forces postponement of African Championships

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This was one of the qualification windows targeted by Nigeria to qualify for some relay events in Tokyo.

The African Senior Athletics Championships originally billed to take place in Algiers from June 22 to 26, have been postponed to a date yet to be announced.

This development will come as a big blow for Nigeria as the African Championships is one of the avenues penciled down to make up for the miss at the recently held World Relays in Poland. “Due to the health situation, marked by a rebound in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the risk of circulation of new variant , the competent authorities, following the recommendations of the scientific monitoring committee of the evolution of therecommended to postpone this sporting event to a later date, “said the ministerial department in a press release issued Wednesday.

 

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