The director-general of Nigeria’s National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Bukola Olopade has nearly become a prophet who seems to be into the longer term, as he predicted higher days forward of the nation’s younger athletes.
Sports247 experiences that Olopade made the prediction whereas talking about his expectations from this yr’s Youth Olympics, which is arising this weekend in Dakar, Senegal and for the primary time on African soil.
In furtherance of his daring projections and as motivation for the nation’s athletes, Olopade introduced money rewards of $3,000 for gold medallists on the impending multi-sports gathering formally tagged 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
He disclosed the incentives throughout a sendforth ceremony for the contingent contained in the media centre of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, the place he added that those that win silver will get $2,500, whereas bronze medalists will earn $2,000.
Olopade then charged the athletes to hold Nigeria’s banner with self-discipline and patriotism on the world competitors, which he described as a uncommon alternative and essential milestone of their journeys in direction of senior worldwide outings.
He additionally identified that excellent perfornances in Dakar would earn the youth athletes recognition for main competitions in days forward, together with the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, USA and additional possibilities to form the nation’s sporting future.
“The Youth Olympics in Dakar is very historic, and you are making history by being part of the first Olympic Games to be held in Africa. This is why I am very confident that these Games will mark the beginning of greatness for all of you,” Olopade enthused.
Sports247 provides that this yr’s Youth Olympic Games will maintain from this Saturday to November thirteenth with greater than 2,700 younger athletes from 205 nations anticipated in attendance and compete for a lot of medals via wholesome rivalries.
