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2021 UCI Cycling World Tourney ‘ll spurs Nigeria to more Growth-President
Joel Ajayi
President of Cycling Federation of Nigeria (CFN) Giandomenico Massari, said participation of Nigeria and experience gained at the just concluded 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in France would further bring more the growth and development of cycling in the country.
Massari made this know while speaking to journalist on Team Nigeria’s outing at the world event on Tuesday in Abuja.
Massari noted that despite Nigeria made their debut in the world track championships they have been able to gather points which will aid their quest in qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
“Getting four of our athletes to qualify for the world championships alone is a big achievement, because we are rated in best in Africa, countries like Egypt, South Africa presented one and two athletes respectively, also our jersey was rated the best in the world championship.
“We have been able to gather points that would help our quest to qualify for the 2024 Olympics Games in France, the athletes themselves have gained a lot of experience have competed with former and present world champions” he said.
He further called on corporate organisation and private individuals to support the growth of cycling at the grassroot level in the country while commending the athletes and the cycling stakeholders for the great contribution so far.
On her part, Nigeria Team captain to the world championship, Ese Ukpeseraye Lovina, said that with more training and equipment, the team would deliver medals at the next world championships.
“We competed amongst the best athletes in the world, this has further given us a lot of experience, so we just need to training hard and to attend more competitions so that we can be at par with our counterparts outside the country”.
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Lawal Delivers Another Brilliant Performance in Europe
After displaying great form for Istra 1961against Vukovar in the score draw encounter in the elite league few days ago in Croatia, Salim Fago Lawal has continued to enjoy rave of the moment status in the Eastern European nation.
On Wednesday, Lawal was on the scores sheet for Istra in the 75th minute against Kurilovec, but it was only for consolation, as Istra crashed out of Croatian cup in round 16.
It was a masterpiece display from the former Flying Eagles striker, whose work rate has shown great development after joining Istra from modest Nigerian clubside in 2023.
He has scored three goals and two assists, totally five – goal contribution as a striker so far this season.
Interestingly, two other Flying Eagles players, Israel Ayuma and Charles Agada, who are also former players of Mavlon FC, featured in the game and they gave good account of themselves.
Sadly, it was not the day of victory on the pitch for the three former players of Mavlon FC of Lagos.
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