AFN officials ‘sweat’ over record entry at Olympics trials in Benin City

Officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) laboured for several hours, yesterday, to fix a large pool of foreign and home-based athletes, who turned up for the ongoing 2024 National Trials holding in Benin, Edo State. The AFN is using the trials to pick the country’s representatives at both the African Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon and the Paris Olympics. The National Trials, which started at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, has a record 11 male sprinters, who have fast times in the 100m this season, vying for spots in the squads to the African Championships andThe post AFN officials ‘sweat’ over record entry at Olympics trials in Benin City appeared first on Guardian Nigeria News.

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