The countries that would be battling for honours in Gangwon secured qualification through different routes to the Games
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Dalung made the call in his welcome remarks at the opening of the 2nd Session of the AUSC Region 2 Ministers meeting held in Abuja.
The Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has charged Team Nigeria taking part in the III Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires to compete clean and fair as the games opened at the weekend.
A country can have a maximum of three men and three women athletes, with one athlete maximum per weight category.
It’s the funding to continue to expose them to the best coaching better tournaments and of course to keep them equipped. We must continue to try and find the money to get them playing on the junior professional tour
Victory over Morocco’s Ines Outolla in the last four (11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-1) guaranteed a top two finish in the Girls’ Singles for Esther Oribamise, but the Nigerian contestant wasn’t done there with one more match still to be played
The players, who are expected to depart for Tunisia this weekend for the championship, said their dream of making it to the top in Africa may be threatened if they fail to be part of the championship, which serves as qualifiers for the World Junior Championship and 2018 YOG in Argentina