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| Solomon Lalong |
A Former Chairman of the defunct National Sports Commission,
NSC and two time governor of Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia has rubbished
claims by Youth and Sports Mnister, Barrister Solomon Dalung that athletes
don’t need much preparation to win medals at competitions. Speaking at his home
in Benin Wednesday, Dr Ogbemudia, who will be 84 years old tomorrow, September
17 told this reporter that he was shocked that that assertion could come from a
Minister of sports. “There is no other way to success except through training
and constant practice. It is a known and proved fact that practice makes an
athlete perfect”, he said, adding that “there are lots that can be done if one
practice hard, we would always win. Solomon Dalung “ A swimmer told me in
Munich (Germany) in 1972 that he has to swim over 30,000 km in water in four
years in preparation for his 100m freestyle competition at the Olympic Games.
There is no miracle in sports, but practice, practice and practice,” he
stressed. Asking “wither Nigeria?” to buttress his disappointment on Team
Nigeria’s poor outing at the Rio Olympics, Dr Ogbemudia affirmed that “The 2016
Rio Olympic Games has exposed our inadequacy in sports planning, preparation
and execution (and) Nigeria and her well-wishers are embarrassed by the
results. He revealed what he did to make Midwest and later Bendel state the
number one in sports in Nigeria and the way forward after another Olympic
failure. Stay with Sports Vanguard. It’s our Exclusive
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