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The Africa’s Paris 2024 Olympics Qualifying Bouts is slated September 6th – 16th in Dakar, Senegal.
14 Nigerian boxers have commenced preparation for the Africa’s Paris 2024 Olympics Qualifying Bouts according to the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF).
The Africa’s Paris 2024 Olympics Qualifying Bouts is slated September 6th – 16th in Dakar, Senegal.
The Secretary General of the NBF, Dapo Akinyele, confirmed that the 14 boxers from seven weight categories are camped at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.
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Akinyele added that the federation had a mandate to make sure Nigeria qualified for the boxing competitions in Paris in 2024.
He said, “We have a mandate to ensure that we are in the Olympics this time around after we missed out of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan. We have gathered our best athletes for this camp and we expect results from them.
“This time around, we must put all machineries in place to ensure qualification. Nigeria is not lacking in terms of talents, we have them in abundance; not forgetting that we have history in boxing with medals in boxing events at the Olympics.
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“We will do all it takes to ensure that we succeed this time, but first thing is that we want to qualify for the Olympics first."
The National Coach of the Federation, Anthony Konyegwechie, revealed that the boxers are in high spirits ahead of the Olympic qualifiers.
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“We are training well ahead of the qualifiers and the boxers are all responding well. The spirit in the team is high. We do have morning and evening sessions. The morning session starts from 7 am to 9 am, while evening session starts at 4 pm to 6 pm.
“We have two camps one here in Nigeria and another one in the U.K., which has two weight categories for Male, 92 kg and Female, 75 kg. The weight categories in Nigeria are female, 50 kg, 57 kg, and 60 kg, while the male has 57 kg, 63.5 kg, 71 kg, and 80 kg," he said.
The National Stadium's gym is the venue where the boxers are training in Surulere, Lagos.
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