By Adeyinka Adeniran
President, Paralympics Committee Nigeria (PCN) Sunday Odebode has predicted better and brighter future for para athletes this year.
Nigeria will participate in the forthcoming Paralympics Games scheduled to hold in Paris,France.
Odebode in his new year message to Nigeria para athletes said that the Committee is doing all within its capabilities to ensuring that the athletes make it to the podium at the Games and other international meets this year.
It would be recalled that some athletes from the para table tennis federation have already qualified for the games as well as athletics
Already the para table tennis division have qualified nine athletes for the paris 2024 paralympic games and hope to qualify more with the qualification windows that will be open in the first quarter of this year
The qualification for para powerlifting and para Badminton which is based on ranking is still ongoing and we are confident that the eight athletes on the pathway will be able to pick their ticket at the end of their qualifiers which will end in June
The sports of para badminton is also doing everything possible to qualify for the paralympic games in paris as most of the top athletes have attended the mandatory three international tournaments as specified by badminton World Federation BWF
He also disclosed that the athletes are preparing very well to make the country proud at the All Africa Games slated for Accra Ghana in March and other international meets.
The PCN boss who commended the ministetr of sports for his vision and aspirations to take sports to the highest level informed that para athletes will qualify for more events for Paris 2024 and expresses optimism that the athletes will record more medals at the Games than previous editions.
‘We are fully prepared for Games and i am optimistic that Nigeria will perform better at the Games than the previous ones and we shall do well this year at various sporting meets and at the All Africa Games”,he said.
