Nigeria: Ahead Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Athletes Kick Against Afn's Rio Olympic Standard

Lagos — Athletes across the federation have expressed doubt over the practicability of the new Rio Olympic standards the federation released on Wednesday.

The athletes during random interviews believed that the standards were unrealistic as none of them male or female had met such height in previous years.

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