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Sprinter, Gloria Asunmnu has said that she made a huge mistake switching allegiance to Nigeria, her country of origin from the USA, her country of birth when she did two years ago.




Asumnu is in the Team Nigeria camp in Moscow and competed in the 100m event at the ongoing 14th IAAF World Championships where she crashed out at the semi-final stage.




The Tulane University, USA graduate wrote on her Facebook wall on Thursday that she made a big mistake choosing to run for Nigeria even though she failed to make the USA team prior to that decision.

She wrote, ‘’Choosing to run for Nigeria was a decision I thought I made for the better but in turn I’m starting to think it was a big mistake,’’ she wrote on her wall.




The athlete, voted Tulane University’s 2007 Female Student-Athlete of the Year, claimed that her growth has been stunted since the switch.




‘’It’s not (the Athletic Federation of Nigeria) set up for you to be the best you can be,’’ she further wrote.

‘’I don’t believe that she said what has been credited to her but if she did, then it is unfortunate.




Just 48 hours ago she held a meeting with the people that matters in sports here in Moscow where she discussed her problems with them and they promised to address all the grievances she and others aired,’’ Head of Media and Communications at the AFN Olukayode Thomas said.




http://www.mothertessie.com/2013/08/i-regret-running-for-nigeria-asunmnu.html#.Ug23NuWrFiI.facebook

Nigeria and their Fire Bridge approach mentality.

Do they now how many British born Nigerians or Nigerian born British citizens this will affect.

They could have targeted another industry like British airways or refuse to sell oil or kick out BP (if they exist)

The IAAF moved the date around to suite Marion Jones in competing for at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and she didnt win gold, actually Jones hasnt won Gold in Long Jump at any major event and all her results from 2000 onwards have been disqualified

Carl Lewis has only won gold in 100, 200 and Long Jump at the same event once and that was at the Los Angeles Olympic

baby-boy:
Another song with the Azonto beat!!!!

Its getting boring

I thought it was only me that notice that its another Azonto beat rhythym.... The next minute the Ghanaians will be on psquare's case...

Lacks originality

collynzo2: They probably dropped him because he was shît and they were too polite to tell him that. He played at the olympics in 2008 and was useless, we managed to win Silver because of Obasi, Nsofor and Odemwingie who were hot in that tournament. Anichebe is shît, Carlton Cole even more shît. Come up with names that will make NFF regret, you are only proving them right with these names.

So tell me what did Yak, Uche and Kanu do at the World Cup?

Didnt Yak miss from 2 yrds

Do you know Carlton Cole when he was an academy player at Chelsea?

when Claudio Ranieri was manager at Chelsea, he called Cole "the best young player I have ever worked with".

deeptesting: She never said her child must be selected because he came from abroad, she is only saying that the selection process is flawed on the basis of the child disqualification of been more than the qualification age as revealed by the IMR report which she is yet to see after paying 100k for it.... It is her duty to pay for the test but it has not her right to have the result of the test which she paid for....Guy please don't let me down, I know you can do better..

Didnt they droped Anichebe from the 2010 squad for some reason that got David Moyes wondering, I think they say said Victor had a broken or cracked bone on a arriving back to Liverpool and had his leg scanned it showed nothing...

collynzo2: what has that got to do with the issue at hand?

Carlton Cole is still playing today, None of that squad is nowhere to be found

collynzo2: It's actually a good thing that Carlton Cole never played for us, he is shyte!!

Can you name one member of the Nigerian 2001 U17 world cup squad and where they are today!!! At 16 Carlton Cole was going to go straight into the team but Roman Abramovich arrived and Chelsea had money

GenBuhari: Blessing is a confirmed choker.

Asafa Powell and Merlene Ottey also suffered from this condition.

I fully expected her to deliver the silver medal or even better.

At least there is still the 200m

Marlene Ottey won Gold in the 200m and on 2 ocassions they had to go to the 3rd decimal before awarding the title to Gail Devers

I did say that after she broke the African record that the World Championship will present her with a different challenge, am sorry the lane draw counts for nothing because its not the 200m, I did say that Blessing has a similar running style similar to Carl Lewis and Donovan Bailey but the risk is that when your races depends on the cruise-stage of the race or chasing down then you are playing with fire because once your opponent shoots ahead you could easily drop your race plans and start chasing and thats when you go from been relaxed to been tightened up.

I said Blessing needs to train on her starting and learn on how to drive out of the block with drive and power this will put her in a great position when she switch to cruise and because she take longer strides she has its advantage if you look at the race between Marion Jones and Zhanna Block, The moment Zhanna came out ahead of jones, Jones beame tense and tightened up

So let me get this straight

This lady says that she hasnt had no nookie in the last 2 years she's branded a lier

But when Miss Genevieve said she hasnt had no nookie for God knows how long (10 years), you lot believed her!

gudugba: But isn't the MMA having enough international slots already.....why can't they move this to the new Enugu international airport.....?

The fat bag at the aviation ministry can't help?

Enu-WHAT?

Messi? C Ronaldo wants it to be a one man team, where as Messi is a team player, even at United C Ronaldo wants to be the main man

100% correct!

The sad fact here is that about 2 months ago OJB Jezreel needed help everyone here were chasing all the who is who in the naija celebrity world (some at gun point) to donate. But now its a commoner people's attitide changed.

r231: Thank you so much

God Bless

Robo you get Paypal account?

And then the Alarm Bell rings!!!

Keneking: How old is he now? sure 46yrs...

Avram Grant said 55 yrs

jp philips: dont mind the poropo, 95% of french guys are racists.
why wont he offer sunshine a small amount he is known for an amount he wont regret even if the guy fails.
wenger is a racist retteeerrrdd, make your papa play on trials when he is stopping drogba that disgraced your defenders in the 10/11 season.

yeye man.

Nigerians sabi lick oyibo nyash, you guys dont have shame, do you think wenger will shake him that he is exceptional after the trial?

he will simply lure him to have a taste of what it feels like to play with arsernal then offer him crumbs in the end, still seize him to miss world cup to ensure he doesnt leave.

these french men are fucktards

The same Wenger who took a chance on the over aged Kanu after having a major heart surgery

hmmm

muzzol: _______________________________________
Did you write this or you were misquoted? A youth player in Arsenal gets paid about 5000BP weekly and the periodical bonus in Eagle is like how much? Meanwhile, the bulk of Arsenal players are internationals too

Youth players or academy players earn around £1k a month thats if that club is generous, some top clubs pay around £90 a week plus benefits....

No Club pays £5k to a youth player

And for those Oboabona a$$-kissing numpties who were defending his decision not to go for a trial and insulting the English club's manager.... This is a big poo in ya face!!!

To me it seems like advisers have got a grip of Oboabona to quash or deny the story

Henry praise: yall shut ur mouth, ibori is beta dan all yall former governors combined, Ibori remains a legend inn Delta state, he isnt a bigot like ur governors n we will celebrate him wit all pomp n festivity in Delta. The only sin ibori committed was to av robbed ogboru of his rights oda wise, he is d best past governor after Donald Duke.

Please tell us Nigerian, why is he in HM Prison Service in Belmarsh eating the wrong type of bake-beans?

Airforce1: Omotola fall my hand with this dirty ride poor people take dey do Taxi for london

Well if she had a politician/ Minister or Aristo to screw now and then she might be able to compete with some other female celebs on the road.. Still love the ride!!

demolegend: Mourinho will do all he can 2 get rooney 2 sign 4 chelsea..anything can still happen b4 sep.2nd...That Chelsea is considering a £40m bid,is news from a renowned English football site..

All these sites and paper all said Man United rejected a 2nd and 3rd bid, Jose said in a press conference in Hong Kong that the club only made one bid of £20m and united rejected it and he said he respect the clubs decision. Now your saying £40m on a player that earns £12m a year whereas Torres earns £9m a year, you would have to sell one first and Torres said he wants to fight for his place.

milehigh06: wow! babayaro on trial with la galaxy!!!! was that after he became a washed player or while he was still very active..the same babayaro that won young player of the year in belgium for 2 straight seasons then moved to chelsea before moving to newcastle?and when did kanu go for trial with arsenal?same kanu that was at ajax,won uefa champions league then went to inter and was a star along with the real ronaldo before heart surgery then joined arsenal?when did he go for trial...
that is how u people spread false rumors

Babayaro did go on trial at La Galaxy when Ruud Gullit was the manager, He was told he wasnt fit enough.

Afam4eva: This applies to players from country will some football pedigree. Trials are meant for players that have not proven themselves at the international stage. Oboagbona did that at the Nations cup and at the confederations cup. We're no saying he's the best Player there is, but he needs to be accorded some respect in his own right as a relatively established footballer for his country.

Really!!!! Nations cup is just 6 games which you could easily fluke!!! and talking about pedigree, where would you place the Nigeria league in Africa? top 5, 10, 15 etc

Chelsea not bidding again...

The English media are trying to engineer a club for Rooney knowing that RVP is going to be benching Rooney in a world cup year!!!

luvable sam: n TP mazembe still beat d same south american champion in 2010 so wats ur point?

Exactly!! Atleast TP mazembe are former African Champions League winner, Sunshine is nothing in the Nigerian League

momodub: “He (Oboabona) has passed that level having played for the national team and especially playing a major role in winning the African cup. Trials are meant for players who have not established themselves at that level. I am not sure that Wenger would ask any South American player featuring in his national team to go through trials.”
MAKE he sit for sunshine club ooo

Can someone tell me how well did Sunshine whatever they called performed in the Nigeria league? Actually and personally if Oboabona was in a team that wins the African Champions League I might have taken him serious but Nations Cup? Zambia won it with 22 home base players (one playing in Swiss league), despite winning the Nations Cup you dont see managers rushing to buy players from the former African champions. Why? its a cup competition, managers want to see you week in week out!

Sunshine finished fifth a team that lost 14 times as they say "the league doesnt lie" anything could happen in a cup competition.

basilo101: All Nigerians in UK should go back to their village

BA makes a chunk of there revenue on the London to Lagos route!!!