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PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by davidpokopikin(m): 12:24pm On Jun 22, 2015
That’s right, one country on one continent, has three different athletes representing three different continents. How to explain this? You can blame a badly-run sports administration and a scarcity of resources needed to keep finely-tuned athletes at the top level. And, of course, personal ambition is also a factor.
Take the case of the European record holder Francis Obikwelu, 36, who left his homeland as a teenager and settled in Portugal. He continued to represent Nigeria until 2001.
The circumstances that led him to switch nationality were unfortunate. After suffering a career threatening injury at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Athletics Federation of Nigerian abandoned the star in his hour of need. Not only had he to foot the medical bills himself but also spent a few months in hospital recuperating after surgery complications led to a blood clot. A year later he became a naturalized Portuguese citizen and his silver medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics was his career best as he set a European record of 9.86sec. The record is still standing.see MORE PHOTOS HERE http://bestnaijamade..com/2015/06/photos-three-different-nigerians-who.html

Re: PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by rawpadgin(m): 12:29pm On Jun 22, 2015
cool
Re: PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by enoqueen: 12:34pm On Jun 22, 2015
Thought u said 3.

Wey d remaining 2 pix.
Re: PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by alphalpha(m): 12:36pm On Jun 22, 2015
enoqueen:
Thought u said 3.

Wey d remaining 2 pix.
That guy na 3 in 1
Re: PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by Jibreen4u(m): 12:36pm On Jun 22, 2015
The remaining 2 sir
Re: PHOTOS- Three Different Nigerians Who Became The Fastest Athletes In The World by Nobody: 1:56pm On Jun 22, 2015
since the remaining 2 are missing............

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