Nigeria: Classification Wahala for Special Sports Athletes

1 December 2012

Paralympics sports officials had a hard time classifying athletes for their events at the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival.

This is because the participating States were desperate to have their athletes included, even as these athletes did not qualify to compete. However Paralympics committee director of technical, Mr. A. Lawal stated that the medical experts on ground have been able to sort out the classification after a torrid time.

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