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Sports News of Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

First batch of Olympic team departs for Japan on Tuesday

First batch of athletes representing Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will depart on Tuesday First batch of athletes representing Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will depart on Tuesday

The first batch of athletes representing Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will depart on (today) Tuesday, June 6 from Abuja.

The was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Simeon Ebhojiaye, on Monday, June 5 in Abuja.

He added the team will depart through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by Ethiopian Airlines.

They include the Canoeing team-Ayomide Bello and her coach Ebenezer Ukwunna, Esther Toko and her coach Regina Enofe of the Rowing event alongside Secretary-General Olubunmi Oluode, Premium Times reports.

He said also in the team is the Special Adviser on Sports to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mary Onyali, as well as the medical crew of Samuel Ogbondeminu, Okoh Joseph, Abdulsalam Shuaibu and Ekundayo Ogunkunle.

NAN reports that an advance team of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development officials on Monday departed via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

The second batch will depart on July 13.

Nigeria will be competing in nine sports at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics scheduled from July 23 to August 8.