Don’t blame our juniors for world youth fiasco - Emedolu, Amike
Former Nigerian internationals Henry Amike and Uchenna Emedolu took a retrospective look at the performances of the Nigerian team at the last IAAF World Youth Championships in Ukraine and declared that the outing is a reminder that much work needed to be done, if athletics were to prosper again in Nigeria. [caption id="attachment_373978" align="alignnone" width="412"] DIVINE GOLD – Oduduru Divine of Nigeria celebrating after winning the 200m boys final in a time of 21.56sec. Photo: Henry Unini[/caption] The Nigerian juniors raised expectations after they won most of the gold medals at the maiden Africa Youth Championships in Warri, Delta State. But the athletes, including Divine Oduduru, failed to re-enact their form in Ukraine despite being camped for over a month in Port Harcourt in readiness for the meet, where the likes of Helen Opanachi shone during her hey days. “I don’t know what happenned to the athletes. They were in camp for a month or so to pr...