As an indian who has lived in Nigeria for 8 years and west Africa for 26 years I can say the potential to do great things in the sporting arena is in abundance in africa. Being an indian and knowing the amount of money my country spends on its athletes since the last 2 Olympics I can say that the return on investment has been very disappointing as we have not won much medals in the olympics. We did not even touch double digits in our medals tally. As far as Africa or more so west Africa it is the matter of just political will to do well in Olympics. Talent is every where. Boxing, track and field, football, basketball just to name a few. Look at south sudan they are a success story of Paris Olympics. Mali, senegal, Cote d'amore, Cameroon, Nigeria, ghana have all potential to do amazing things in the sporting field without a doubt.
I'm a Kenyan and from what I saw, Nigeria really has the talent but need to prepare better. Kenyan 10,000m and 5,000m athletes run for 12kms on a daily basis for 4 years to win medals and sometimes they still miss out; it really takes great preparation.
How can Nigeria be a sporting nation, we don't have sporting infrastructures, no standard sporting education, no technical coaches or instructors, no basic training facilities, no accessible sport centers, no grassroot developments programs, no motivation, no encouragement, just different office holders who collects and steal all financial allocations. I can tell you for a fact, a local secondary school here in Russia has more standard sporting facilities (which is accessible to anyone 24/7) than a whole state in Nigeria
As a Uganda, I truly believe Nigeria is a sporting nation because some of those Africans representing other countries are Nigerian. The problem is that the government does not care to train the athletics for years and facilitate them well. Even for us here in Uganda, our government does not put much into training, so the athletes put in upon themselves to train together. Infact some of the gold medalists in Uganda train in Kenya.
@@Flourish_today Nigeria athletes are welcome to train in Kenya, but their pride wouldn't allow it, they'd rather train in Germany to get medals like China 😅🤣😂😅🤣😂
In Africa, Kenya is the highest ranking nation in Gold medal tally and has always been the case in most international athletics events. So Nigeria just needs to do better than Kenya first before even daring to look outside Africa like comparing to China!
Why are Nigerians always trying to compare themselves with South Africa a country that attained it's independence just the other day ? I think Nigerians should be comparing themselves with Kenya because both became independent in the early 60s. It is funny that Nigerians are even mentioning China yet Kenya just within Africa has always been the most successful African country in the history of the Olympics Games
As a south African I think we were lucky to receive independence later then those countries otherwise we would be on the same train! Black leaders are for their stomachs not for the people who elected them
Nigerians we in Kenya are tired of carrying you on our back in major global events and you’re the African Giant. You have tremendous talent and potential in the sprints, field events, wrestling and boxing. Just invest in the disciplines and next Olympics we’ll celebrate together.
Kenya has been winning Gold in every Olympic Games. Chioma Ajunwa is the first Nigerian to win an Olympics Gold , Atlanta 1996 Olympics, where she became the first Nigerian to win a gold medal. Ajunwa won gold in the women's long jump with a 7.12m leap, marking a historic achievement for the country.
The USA Olympic team's annual spending can vary significantly depending on the Olympic cycle. For example, spending tends to increase during the years leading up to and including the Summer and Winter Games. However, based on past financial reports, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) generally spends around $200 to $300 million annually.
That $200-$300 million does not include the millions that are spent in the US on university sports and infrastructure that is the feeding system to the Olympics.
I am surprised that this sports journalist has completely avoided acknowledging that Kenya has always been number one African country in the Olympic games. He rather mention Uganda , Botswana , South Africa and Tunisia. He is deliberately avoiding mentioning Kenya.
It is so funny how WALE ADIGUN can fail to acknowledge Kenya longstanding prowess in the history of the Olympics. Kenya has been the most successful African country in the history of the Olympic games since 1956 long before independence. He is shamelessly and deliberately avoiding the mention Kenya through this interview yet Kenya led the entire Africa in the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning 4 Gold 2 Silver and 5 Bronze a total of 11 Medals. He would rather mention less successful African country like Uganda , Botswana and Tunisia but refusing to mention Kenya !!! That is deliberate.
I"m Kenyan. Anyone can be like China, or the U.S.A. We believe we are, as KEnyans. We are with it! We believe in ourselves and that is how we roll. Nigerians, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH. YOU MUST FAITH!
@@mrknowallatalltimes7454 You guys have too little faith. China didn't do anything out of the ordinary. As KEnyans, we've won gold at the Olympics 4x400m and boxing. We've also won gold in the world championships in the 400m hurdles. We've taken a man to the semi final of the Olympics 100m. WE've been to the Olympics in rugby, swimming e.t.c. Everything is about belief. WE believe in ourselves. It seems like you guys don't. That might just be the differenc.e
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@@nativeson1559Kenya can only reach China in terms of population and the USA in terms of insecurity. When it comes to development and other important sectors give yourselves a million years and more
Tobi was the biggest shock for me. What was she doing the night before, what was her condition, was she nervous, what happened to her. Where was her mental health?. World record holder that should have won the Olympic gold did not even show up on the night or the semi final.
@@emmanueladeyosoye3607She is a fake world record holder! Tell me who has broken a world record but the following year they’re running like an amateur? None, only her! She is an imposter!
Nigeria should start interstate sports competition among various states every year with large bonuses for the winners. Just like the country of Jamaica does with their inter parish track and field Competitions. NIgerian government and their various states need to build modern training sports facilities to keep up with modern times. Sports just like the entertainment industry is also a job creation industry and great sources of foreign exchange revenue if harnessed properly.
Until Nigerian politicians and government officials start looking at government as transactional business entities that create a better standard of living for its citizens instead of the opportunity to steal from the government. Sports bring in billions of dollars business all over the world. It is an industry like the music industry , if managed professionally and properly, could produce world-class athletes and could create massive jobs and foreign exchange to countries like Nigeria and most African countries.
Proper preparation program and the spirit of a Warrior are important not just how much financial rewards is given to the Athlete. Kenyan Athletes are not rewarded much money but they are just patriotic. Just like Nigeria , several Kenya Athletics are representing many other countries of the world.
What Nigeria is missing is talent. The small countries with small budgets had at least one athlete that was world-class. Budget had nothing to do with it since many of them trained in other countries.
As an African American - Nigerians have the same DNA as African Americans and Jamaicans.. They just don't have the support, 90% of all US Athletes are from poor or working class backgrounds, Also big blame should go on the Government and Corporate Nigeria for not believing in the country... I believe that every Africa country has the right stuff with the right support.
@@ArterifikCollective Its 50/50, but you need corporate or government support, this is the Olympics.. countries do come together to support their Athletes
Very well said. Our government does not invest in sports. The Americans and Jamaicans have invested in their strongest events. Nigeria has no plans and Cannot plan.
The results may have been disappointing. However, in Track and Field, I see some improvements, minor though they may be. I saw more Nigerians making the semis and finals. What you need to to do now is continue to support these athletes, so that at next year's World Championships they can win medals.
Many Black and Brown Countries underperformed these Olympics. However, if you look closely at those Federations and how they move it's not hard to see why. It's reality
It's not about releasing money few days or weeks or months to a tournament,there shud be a deliberate investment in sporting programs in the country in other for us to be able to compete favourably at the world stage,else we will only remain highest African champions.
Nigerians and West Africans have good genes and physique for sprinting far better than us in Southern Africa. I think your athletes are not getting enough support, for example in South Africa there are funding and facilities available for athletes to improve their performance.
UK Sport, the organization responsible for distributing government and National Lottery funding to Olympic and Paralympic sports, allocated around £345 million for the four-year cycle from 2017 to 2021. This averages out to approximately £86 million annually.
Other countries recruit their best athletes from their diaspora to compete while Nigeria shuns, ignores, and maligns its vast diaspora athletic wealth. So what do we see. Best Nigerian athletes are winning medals for other countries... That is a failure of Ministry of Sports!!!
There are many talents out there in Nigeria but are yet to be discovered. You just don't pick a random person or a favoured person to come and represent your country. You have groom or mould them to become super stars. Start from Schools (primary/secondary/University, etc). Discover them young and award them scholarships to boost their interest and dedication.
Nigeria has talent but again leadership lacks vision. Way smaller population African countries like Kenya, Algeria, South Africa(these were top 3 countries and Kenya and South Africa are always top2 at Olympics in Africa) prepare for years…some of their athletes in Kenya constantly run marathons through the years leading to Olympics I mean Botswana is only 2.5mil ppl and it won 2 medals, one being gold, so Nigeria can do it but start planning by government focusing on sport development at high school levels
That’s the problem right there when Nigeria don’t even know the size of the countries they are comparing themselves with 😂. Who told you Algeria 🇩🇿, Kenya, south Africa is a smaller African nations??? You got to be kidding yourself right 😂😂 You are only giant in population!! Not country size 😂
Nigeria is a BBN, BBL, Yahoo Boy, Hook-up, Skit making, Music and Politics Nation. This is what the youth are interested and occupied with. There is little or no basic sports infrastructure, no doubt, but the talent pool is greatly diminished by Nigeria's young people's apathy to sports participation, even at recreational levels except for football
The annual spending of the France Olympic team, managed by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), typically ranges from €100 to €150 million (approximately $110 to $165 million USD). However, this figure can vary depending on the proximity to an Olympic Games, with spending increasing in the years leading up to both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
In basketball they got the whole team of nigerians who grew up in american with american accent. I was expecting to see the nigerian team with mostly nigerians who are living in nigeria
Only a small part of Nigeria take part in sports. Where are Northerners, aren't they Nigerians with half of Nigerian population, they pocket all Nigerian money and take part in nothing.
True, but we cannot ignore she got sponsorships from private and government sources. She talked about the support she received from these sources. You cannot discount count sponsorships from the country you represent. Plus, she trained in Jamaica as well. She gave a lot of appreciation to Jamaica for the support she received while training there.
Ghana sent 8 athletes to Paris without winning a medal,but I don't understand why Nigeria sent 170 athletes without winning a medal also.Nigeria won always competing Ghana for everything. Unfortunately some Nigerian Utubers were making fun of Ghana after we were disqualified in the 4×100m.
As a Kenyan, Nigeria is making strides..especially in sprint races. It just takes some time to realize & invest in the youth wisely. Administration is key for African countries though
How are they making headway in sprints? I can't name a single Nigerian sprinter. Meanwhile SA, Botswana and Kenya have each one superstar sprinter and I can name them.
Actually no! I"m KEnyan too. I'm older and I can remember the Nigeria of Chidi Imoh, Innocent Egbunike , David Ezinwa, Endurance Ojokolo, a very fast lady, and the great Mary Omagbemi Onyali and the even greater Chioma Ajunwa who won the Olympics long jump gold I think in Atlanta, Spain 1996. Then there is that famous 4x400m relay team that won Sydney 2000 Olympics after the U. S. was disqualfied over doping. Chidi Imoh and Egbunike came to Nairobi in 1987 for the All Africa Games and lit up Kasarani stadium. It was a new stadium then. That was the same games where the great Billy Konchellah won the 800m and President DAniel Arap Moi stood for Konchellah. His dad was an Assistant Minister in Moi's government then: Hon. John Konchellah. Nigeria was great. Nigeria used to be great. I have no idea as to what happened to them. They have the young OFili who wasn't even entered in the 100m because someone forgot! That is a sin! Tobi Amusan, as the panelists said, froze on the big stage. She's the world record holder. I had her going to the final. She couldn't. Nigeirans, to use some words that you people might know, you have to figure out WHERE THE RAINS STARTED BEATING YOU.
@@nativeson1559 We're here talking about sprints and making strides and then unaturudisha Sydney 2000 long jump. Ever since I was a small boy and I'm over 30 mind you, I've been told Nigeria has good sprinters in Africa, never seen a Nigerian man on podium ata kwa common welath games. Tobi Amusan is clearly a one hit wonder if you ask me. Shows up for one world champs and then I haven't heard of her since Oregon and unable to get into olympic finals.
Nigeria is a bunch of tribes pretending to be a country. In fact, I will venture to say there has not been any element of nation building in Nigeria since independence. In fact after the Civil War, Nigeria took purposeful steps to foster the tribal identity and constitution of the country. So when nations meet, and Nigeria shows up, it’s hard to tell whether they are coming with their best or a representation of the tribes. Or maybe a group of the well connected or what have you. Secondly, the athletes we see at the Olympics are not just random guys gathered from the streets a few weeks before the games. These athletes spend months and years preparing and perfecting their crafts. For that to be possible, they have to have sponsorship from companies and organizations that spend money so these athletes can fully dedicate to what they do without having to worry about sustenance. The days of haphazard preparation and just showing up at the games are gone. The athletes we see at the Olympics are either on scholarships from universities or on sponsorship from companies or institutions. Those countries like Nigeria who want to show up every four years and compete with people who have been working on their craft for years are obviously wasting their time. The corruption is not the problem. Corruption is just a symptom of things not done right.
In the 90s, Nigeria used to win medals. There was a bit of rivalry between the US and Nigeria in sprints. Nigeria has regressed from those days. It is not for the lack of talent and athletes. Nigeria has scores of Bolts, Powells, Gatlins, Gays, and Lyles... They have just not been developed... Fundamentally, it is not just the state of Nigeria, but it is a whole society problem, that requires a whole society solution. People have to be willing to set aside places for recreation. People have to be in communities ready to allow their children to participate in sports and help run sports clubs of all manner of different sports from track and field athletics through to gymnastics, swimming, judo etc... All Nigeria now cares about is football, football, football...
Nigeria has highest concentration of people with imposing scary physique in the whole continent, but no medals in boxing, weight lifting or even judo and wrestling.
The best have gone to represent other countries where their effort will be well remunerated. When the head is unsteady what do we expect the body to do ?
Can we talk about rewards systems, ask how much Jamaica dollar pay athletes for juat making Olympic game not medal, aak how much my father land pay our athletes for same standard,
Everybody in Nigeria is greedy.what gives you a ticket to participate is the amount you cough but not the talent you have. How i wish there was scamming sport in Olympics 😂
It was unfortunate that the Olympics didn’t favor Nigeria. It’s time for introspection. But nobody goes into any competition to lose. Everyone has a bad day. The men in the 4x400 tried their best to come second in their semi final heat but got disqualified because the last leg ran on the line. Even the US with the best 4x100 men has not won the event since 2000 in Sydney. Tobi Amusan is big on the world stage and she knows what it means to defend her world record.
Sports administration in Nigeria is zero. Nigerians are only interested in making money out of every calling, they are not interested in achieving results.
How do u blame the Talent 😭 Nigeria is a joke , its the administration . American administration invest on so many parameters not just training and they include psychological analysis. Tobi amusan clearly was the world record holder because here carear was developed in her time in the university of TEXAS. If she has gone to unilag would she even be running. Colleges and universities have sport integrated iinto there system. Thats where talent in America is found . So its the administration.
No body should blame the athletes. Things are not in place. A sick nation cannot perform. Let's treat our country first and you will see that everything will work out.
I hope you guys can take it because I am going to be brutally honest. First we shall compare Nigeria to other West African countries. Are you aware that Senegal has produced NBA players at a rate (per 100,000 of population) 9 X the rate of Nigeria even though they are French speaking and Nigeria speaks English? I think, in spite of the exceptions (Tobi Amusan, Hakeem Olajuwan, etc.) Nigerians are not particularly talented athletically. Probably the more important reason is that Blacks from the United States and The Caribbean countries went through 400 years of being bred like race horses for the purpose of producing stronger farm workers and fighters (for gambling). As an example, more of the Africans brought to Jamaica came from the region now known as Ghana than any other West African country. The first World Athletics Championship occurred in 1983. Since then Ghana has won 2 medals and their current population is 33.48 million. Jamaica has won 149 medals and their population is 2.83 million. In other words, Jamaicans have won medals at a rate which is 88,036% higher than Ghana's. A rate 400 or 500% greater would be statistically significant. Nigeria's performance, relative to the size of its population, is worst than Ghana's.
@@Narcissist-d6g I said "more". I didn't say all. From which West African country they came is not very important. What is important is what happened during 400 years of slavery. How else do you explain why Letsile Tebogo is only the 4th African male to win a gold medal in the sprints? There are over a billion Africans in Africa.
Giants of Africa lol, first of (Shout out to the female basketball team, they really played with their heart, it's a shame they met USA early).At least in the 90s Nigeria did well at Barcelona 92 they had 4 medals and of course they did amazing at Atlanta 96 with 6 medals including 2 gold! I'm so glad i got to experience Nigerian sports in the 90s because it has been terrible in recent years. Back in the day you could count on Nigeria to at least battle for bronze in Athletics, they would battle for Silver in boxing and weightlifting (cuba was invincible ) and even table tennis. I agree with the analysts, Nigerian officials dont care, as long as they are lining their pockets with those allocated funds, good riddance.
How can people say "we have money"? When the United Nations has launched an appeal to feed 4 million malnourished children in North East Nigeria. If Nigeria has money, why isn't the nutritional needs of it's children a priority? Why are people dying of cholera? I wouldn't mind no medals if every child can have enough to eat and have access to clean drinking water on a daily basis.
Head role, is painful when guest wale don't know that , world governing bodies get big say on each federation, minister must use his head well to upset this heads in only election time, aside that no show sir, about 3 finalise, what is Nigerians athletes standard and America athletes standard mr wale is not all about 3 on 3 sir, you talk about 1 year preparations for Olympic medals i doubt you know anything about athletic sir , just adk questions my oga sir, Olympic is 3 to 4 year's rooting program sir
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200million people cant find one who will get a medal...not even a bronze.....something is wrong
A country of over 200 million people, the performance is a reflection of the country .
Quantity has never been quality.
@stanleynkosikamthembu168 it always is.
As an indian who has lived in Nigeria for 8 years and west Africa for 26 years I can say the potential to do great things in the sporting arena is in abundance in africa. Being an indian and knowing the amount of money my country spends on its athletes since the last 2 Olympics I can say that the return on investment has been very disappointing as we have not won much medals in the olympics. We did not even touch double digits in our medals tally. As far as Africa or more so west Africa it is the matter of just political will to do well in Olympics. Talent is every where. Boxing, track and field, football, basketball just to name a few. Look at south sudan they are a success story of Paris Olympics. Mali, senegal, Cote d'amore, Cameroon, Nigeria, ghana have all potential to do amazing things in the sporting field without a doubt.
Nigeria is not a sporting Nation. It is a food/stomach Nation.
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Nigeria is a tribalistic nation and not a sport nation.
Historically Kenya has been the most successful African country in the World Athletics Championships and in the Olympics.
To be specific, people from eldorate have been the most succesful at lomg distance running. Nothing else. Just long distance race
@@over-kw9ct800 m is not considered long distance
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I'm a Kenyan and from what I saw, Nigeria really has the talent but need to prepare better. Kenyan 10,000m and 5,000m athletes run for 12kms on a daily basis for 4 years to win medals and sometimes they still miss out; it really takes great preparation.
How can Nigeria be a sporting nation, we don't have sporting infrastructures, no standard sporting education, no technical coaches or instructors, no basic training facilities, no accessible sport centers, no grassroot developments programs, no motivation, no encouragement, just different office holders who collects and steal all financial allocations. I can tell you for a fact, a local secondary school here in Russia has more standard sporting facilities (which is accessible to anyone 24/7) than a whole state in Nigeria
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Dang! It is your truth, but it is so hurtful to read. More can definitely be done for the country of Nigeria.
Meanwhile in South Africa 😂😂 🇿🇦
South Africa has nothing to do with Nigerian failures.
Why mention another country on here? Don’t be too proud because South Africa has plenty of problems of their own.
As a Uganda, I truly believe Nigeria is a sporting nation because some of those Africans representing other countries are Nigerian. The problem is that the government does not care to train the athletics for years and facilitate them well.
Even for us here in Uganda, our government does not put much into training, so the athletes put in upon themselves to train together. Infact some of the gold medalists in Uganda train in Kenya.
@@Flourish_today Nigeria athletes are welcome to train in Kenya, but their pride wouldn't allow it, they'd rather train in Germany to get medals like China 😅🤣😂😅🤣😂
In Africa, Kenya is the highest ranking nation in Gold medal tally and has always been the case in most international athletics events. So Nigeria just needs to do better than Kenya first before even daring to look outside Africa like comparing to China!
No seriousness in Nigeria all the ministers are there to catch out money 💰
What credentials does the "sports minister" have? Were they appointed as a "favour" from the president? If that's the case it isn't good enough.
Why are Nigerians always trying to compare themselves with South Africa a country that attained it's independence just the other day ? I think Nigerians should be comparing themselves with Kenya because both became independent in the early 60s. It is funny that Nigerians are even mentioning China yet Kenya just within Africa has always been the most successful African country in the history of the Olympics Games
As a south African I think we were lucky to receive independence later then those countries otherwise we would be on the same train! Black leaders are for their stomachs not for the people who elected them
Nigerians we in Kenya are tired of carrying you on our back in major global events and you’re the African Giant. You have tremendous talent and potential in the sprints, field events, wrestling and boxing. Just invest in the disciplines and next Olympics we’ll celebrate together.
Kenya should be African Giant after all y’all carried Africa in Olympics I am proud of Kenya
❤️ Kenya 🇰🇪 from South Africa 🇿🇦
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wacha kuwanyoa mr rwenji🤣 nigerian greenlander will win for his country next time
A giant in what exactly?
Kenya has been winning Gold in every Olympic Games. Chioma Ajunwa is the first Nigerian to win an Olympics Gold , Atlanta 1996 Olympics, where she became the first Nigerian to win a gold medal. Ajunwa won gold in the women's long jump with a 7.12m leap, marking a historic achievement for the country.
Wale Adigun always a pleasure listening to you, be it Radio or television.
HMMM A COUNTRY OF OVER 200M PROPLE SENT 88 ATHLETES TO THE OLYMPICS GAMES AND CAME BACK WITH ZERO MEDALS!!!
That is crazy !! They would have had a better chance if they sent 89 Rayguns type of athletes 😂
The USA Olympic team's annual spending can vary significantly depending on the Olympic cycle. For example, spending tends to increase during the years leading up to and including the Summer and Winter Games. However, based on past financial reports, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) generally spends around $200 to $300 million annually.
That $200-$300 million does not include the millions that are spent in the US on university sports and infrastructure that is the feeding system to the Olympics.
I am surprised that this sports journalist has completely avoided acknowledging that Kenya has always been number one African country in the Olympic games. He rather mention Uganda , Botswana , South Africa and Tunisia. He is deliberately avoiding mentioning Kenya.
He's embarrassed a "small " nation like kenya, as a Nigerian minister recently described it, can Top the self described giant of Africa ......
The glaring omissions call into question his sincerity and objectivity. He made himself incompetent by ignoring a fundamental fact!
It is so funny how WALE ADIGUN can fail to acknowledge Kenya longstanding prowess in the history of the Olympics. Kenya has been the most successful African country in the history of the Olympic games since 1956 long before independence. He is shamelessly and deliberately avoiding the mention Kenya through this interview yet Kenya led the entire Africa in the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning 4 Gold 2 Silver and 5 Bronze a total of 11 Medals. He would rather mention less successful African country like Uganda , Botswana and Tunisia but refusing to mention Kenya !!!
That is deliberate.
We have won medals in Olympic Relay, and in Football. If competing for medals is not a priority, we aren't a Sporting Nation.
BUT, we used to be.
They are focused on SA issues 🇿🇦that's their problem, they forgot Nigeria
200 million people in Nigeria. That's 4 times the populations of Kenya and South Africa.
And about 66 times the population of Jamaica
Why compere yourself to china. The closes nation is Kenya- You will never be like China.
I"m Kenyan.
Anyone can be like China, or the U.S.A.
We believe we are, as KEnyans. We are with it!
We believe in ourselves and that is how we roll.
Nigerians, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH. YOU MUST FAITH!
@@nativeson1559 The Acument was that China had 40 Gold medals and Nigeria will get as many as China. If they train. First you have to crawl then walk.
Nigerians and their pride, trying to climb a tree from the top, win 4 gold medals snd build from there, China is not in your class.
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You guys have too little faith.
China didn't do anything out of the ordinary.
As KEnyans, we've won gold at the Olympics 4x400m and boxing.
We've also won gold in the world championships in the 400m hurdles.
We've taken a man to the semi final of the Olympics 100m.
WE've been to the Olympics in rugby, swimming e.t.c.
Everything is about belief.
WE believe in ourselves.
It seems like you guys don't.
That might just be the differenc.e
@@nativeson1559Kenya can only reach China in terms of population and the USA in terms of insecurity. When it comes to development and other important sectors give yourselves a million years and more
Olawale Adigun always spewing facts. Top sports analyst back in those days at Top Radio Lagos. Nice to see you again man.
Wale knows his stuff! I'm impressed!!!
Until he mention Kenya he doesn't know his stuff
i remember the time of mary onyali , fatima yussuf, falilat ogungkoya and some good male runners that i forgot the names
South Africa 🇿🇦 right now Laughing Out Loud.
Nigeria is not our peer. It is fighting hard to reach our levels, just way down.
Tobi was the biggest shock for me. What was she doing the night before, what was her condition, was she nervous, what happened to her. Where was her mental health?. World record holder that should have won the Olympic gold did not even show up on the night or the semi final.
Well we don’t have the facts it’s all speculation
@@emmanueladeyosoye3607She is a fake world record holder! Tell me who has broken a world record but the following year they’re running like an amateur? None, only her! She is an imposter!
Not a single medal won with a population of 200 million is crazy I’ve seen countries with populations below 100k getting medals.
Nigeria has won a total of 27 medals in the history of the Olympics , Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze 13 Total 27 Compared to Kenya's 125
Nigeria should start interstate sports competition among various states every year with large bonuses for the winners. Just like the country of Jamaica does with their inter parish track and field Competitions. NIgerian government and their various states need to build modern training sports facilities to keep up with modern times. Sports just like the entertainment industry is also a job creation industry and great sources of foreign exchange revenue if harnessed properly.
I've always said this
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Until Nigerian politicians and government officials start looking at government as transactional business entities that create a better standard of living for its citizens instead of the opportunity to steal from the government. Sports bring in billions of dollars business all over the world. It is an industry like the music industry , if managed professionally and properly, could produce world-class athletes and could create massive jobs and foreign exchange to countries like Nigeria and most African countries.
Y’all don’t do this already? Wow, Nigeria is really years behind in talent development.
A country that prays too much instead of practice too much is a failed country 🇳🇬.
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Proper preparation program and the spirit of a Warrior are important not just how much financial rewards is given to the Athlete. Kenyan Athletes are not rewarded much money but they are just patriotic. Just like Nigeria , several Kenya Athletics are representing many other countries of the world.
What Nigeria is missing is talent. The small countries with small budgets had at least one athlete that was world-class. Budget had nothing to do with it since many of them trained in other countries.
Us caribbean nations get ower DNA from you Nigerians...You do have the talented athletes you just have not found them yet...
As an African American - Nigerians have the same DNA as African Americans and Jamaicans.. They just don't have the support, 90% of all US Athletes are from poor or working class backgrounds, Also big blame should go on the Government and Corporate Nigeria for not believing in the country... I believe that every Africa country has the right stuff with the right support.
Very well put.
100% very well said
Also blame the mentality of the individuals. It takes a certain type of passion and discipline to go far in world sports.
@@ArterifikCollective Its 50/50, but you need corporate or government support, this is the Olympics.. countries do come together to support their Athletes
Very well said. Our government does not invest in sports. The Americans and Jamaicans have invested in their strongest events. Nigeria has no plans and Cannot plan.
The results may have been disappointing. However, in Track and Field, I see some improvements, minor though they may be. I saw more Nigerians making the semis and finals. What you need to to do now is continue to support these athletes, so that at next year's World Championships they can win medals.
Learn from Kenya....
Too bad, no single medal from 120 million Nigerians.
200 million
More like 250mil
No bicycle
You got your figures wrong. theres 250 million nigerians, the guys in the north have 15 - 40 children each by 8 wives
Nigeria is actually expected to surpass the USA in population within the next 50 years.
The athletes should bear most of the blame, did not put their best effort. The sports federation should also reward the athletes who win medals.
Many Black and Brown Countries underperformed these Olympics. However, if you look closely at those Federations and how they move it's not hard to see why. It's reality
It's not about releasing money few days or weeks or months to a tournament,there shud be a deliberate investment in sporting programs in the country in other for us to be able to compete favourably at the world stage,else we will only remain highest African champions.
Tbh this yr was the DEEPEST 100mh field EVER. So Amusan missing out is not a surprise.
Oh my man olawale adigun
Nigerians and West Africans have good genes and physique for sprinting far better than us in Southern Africa. I think your athletes are not getting enough support, for example in South Africa there are funding and facilities available for athletes to improve their performance.
Even Kenya, of all countries, has produced a better sprinter in Omanyala than Nigeria and West Africa. Kenyans are distance runners.
UK Sport, the organization responsible for distributing government and National Lottery funding to Olympic and Paralympic sports, allocated around £345 million for the four-year cycle from 2017 to 2021. This averages out to approximately £86 million annually.
Other countries recruit their best athletes from their diaspora to compete while Nigeria shuns, ignores, and maligns its vast diaspora athletic wealth. So what do we see. Best Nigerian athletes are winning medals for other countries... That is a failure of Ministry of Sports!!!
There are many talents out there in Nigeria but are yet to be discovered. You just don't pick a random person or a favoured person to come and represent your country. You have groom or mould them to become super stars. Start from Schools (primary/secondary/University, etc). Discover them young and award them scholarships to boost their interest and dedication.
What happened to Tobi Amusen
Amusans loss was very sad 😢
We are missing everything...
Nigeria has talent but again leadership lacks vision. Way smaller population African countries like Kenya, Algeria, South Africa(these were top 3 countries and Kenya and South Africa are always top2 at Olympics in Africa) prepare for years…some of their athletes in Kenya constantly run marathons through the years leading to Olympics
I mean Botswana is only 2.5mil ppl and it won 2 medals, one being gold, so Nigeria can do it but start planning by government focusing on sport development at high school levels
That’s the problem right there when Nigeria don’t even know the size of the countries they are comparing themselves with 😂. Who told you Algeria 🇩🇿, Kenya, south Africa is a smaller African nations??? You got to be kidding yourself right 😂😂
You are only giant in population!! Not country size 😂
Nigeria sent 88 athletes to the Olympics and got zero medals 😢😢😂
Nigeria is a BBN, BBL, Yahoo Boy, Hook-up, Skit making, Music and Politics Nation. This is what the youth are interested and occupied with. There is little or no basic sports infrastructure, no doubt, but the talent pool is greatly diminished by Nigeria's young people's apathy to sports participation, even at recreational levels except for football
The annual spending of the France Olympic team, managed by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), typically ranges from €100 to €150 million (approximately $110 to $165 million USD). However, this figure can vary depending on the proximity to an Olympic Games, with spending increasing in the years leading up to both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
No dr""""g nation
The problem you busy talking about South Africa 🤣🤣talk talk talk no action
The Chinese test and recruit since childhood for athletes
I am of the opinion that we need a system that produces world class athletes instead of winning trophies
In basketball they got the whole team of nigerians who grew up in american with american accent. I was expecting to see the nigerian team with mostly nigerians who are living in nigeria
Yes but not under the current Nigerian Sport Federation
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Only a small part of Nigeria take part in sports. Where are Northerners, aren't they Nigerians with half of Nigerian population, they pocket all Nigerian money and take part in nothing.
There must be alot of potential middle and long distance runners in that part of the country....
Julian Alfred trains primary in the United States. A very bad example.
Nigeria needs to train more internationally to get better results.
True, but we cannot ignore she got sponsorships from private and government sources. She talked about the support she received from these sources. You cannot discount count sponsorships from the country you represent.
Plus, she trained in Jamaica as well. She gave a lot of appreciation to Jamaica for the support she received while training there.
When you have a Farmer as Sports Minister who will have to learn on the job, what do you expect?
Number 1 lesdon for the sports minister stop predicting number medals. Leave that to sports journalists.
Ghana sent 8 athletes to Paris without winning a medal,but I don't understand why Nigeria sent 170 athletes without winning a medal also.Nigeria won always competing Ghana for everything.
Unfortunately some Nigerian Utubers were making fun of Ghana after we were disqualified in the 4×100m.
Maybe we should have drugs Olympics hey😂
As a Kenyan, Nigeria is making strides..especially in sprint races. It just takes some time to realize & invest in the youth wisely. Administration is key for African countries though
How are they making headway in sprints? I can't name a single Nigerian sprinter. Meanwhile SA, Botswana and Kenya have each one superstar sprinter and I can name them.
Actually no!
I"m KEnyan too.
I'm older and I can remember the Nigeria of Chidi Imoh, Innocent Egbunike , David Ezinwa, Endurance Ojokolo, a very fast lady, and the great Mary Omagbemi Onyali and the even greater Chioma Ajunwa who won the Olympics long jump gold I think in Atlanta, Spain 1996.
Then there is that famous 4x400m relay team that won Sydney 2000 Olympics after the U. S. was disqualfied over doping.
Chidi Imoh and Egbunike came to Nairobi in 1987 for the All Africa Games and lit up Kasarani stadium. It was a new stadium then. That was the same games where the great Billy Konchellah won the 800m and President DAniel Arap Moi stood for Konchellah. His dad was an Assistant Minister in Moi's government then: Hon. John Konchellah.
Nigeria was great. Nigeria used to be great. I have no idea as to what happened to them.
They have the young OFili who wasn't even entered in the 100m because someone forgot! That is a sin!
Tobi Amusan, as the panelists said, froze on the big stage. She's the world record holder. I had her going to the final. She couldn't.
Nigeirans, to use some words that you people might know, you have to figure out WHERE THE RAINS STARTED BEATING YOU.
@@nativeson1559 We're here talking about sprints and making strides and then unaturudisha Sydney 2000 long jump. Ever since I was a small boy and I'm over 30 mind you, I've been told Nigeria has good sprinters in Africa, never seen a Nigerian man on podium ata kwa common welath games. Tobi Amusan is clearly a one hit wonder if you ask me. Shows up for one world champs and then I haven't heard of her since Oregon and unable to get into olympic finals.
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Please Ofili tried she got to the finals
419 olympics
Nigeria is a bunch of tribes pretending to be a country. In fact, I will venture to say there has not been any element of nation building in Nigeria since independence. In fact after the Civil War, Nigeria took purposeful steps to foster the tribal identity and constitution of the country. So when nations meet, and Nigeria shows up, it’s hard to tell whether they are coming with their best or a representation of the tribes. Or maybe a group of the well connected or what have you.
Secondly, the athletes we see at the Olympics are not just random guys gathered from the streets a few weeks before the games. These athletes spend months and years preparing and perfecting their crafts. For that to be possible, they have to have sponsorship from companies and organizations that spend money so these athletes can fully dedicate to what they do without having to worry about sustenance. The days of haphazard preparation and just showing up at the games are gone. The athletes we see at the Olympics are either on scholarships from universities or on sponsorship from companies or institutions.
Those countries like Nigeria who want to show up every four years and compete with people who have been working on their craft for years are obviously wasting their time.
The corruption is not the problem. Corruption is just a symptom of things not done right.
In the 90s, Nigeria used to win medals. There was a bit of rivalry between the US and Nigeria in sprints. Nigeria has regressed from those days. It is not for the lack of talent and athletes. Nigeria has scores of Bolts, Powells, Gatlins, Gays, and Lyles... They have just not been developed... Fundamentally, it is not just the state of Nigeria, but it is a whole society problem, that requires a whole society solution. People have to be willing to set aside places for recreation. People have to be in communities ready to allow their children to participate in sports and help run sports clubs of all manner of different sports from track and field athletics through to gymnastics, swimming, judo etc... All Nigeria now cares about is football, football, football...
Quick money
Nigeria has highest concentration of people with imposing scary physique in the whole continent, but no medals in boxing, weight lifting or even judo and wrestling.
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The best have gone to represent other countries where their effort will be well remunerated. When the head is unsteady what do we expect the body to do ?
Can we talk about rewards systems, ask how much Jamaica dollar pay athletes for juat making Olympic game not medal, aak how much my father land pay our athletes for same standard,
They think they are 😂😂😂thats how confused these people are
Everybody in Nigeria is greedy.what gives you a ticket to participate is the amount you cough but not the talent you have. How i wish there was scamming sport in Olympics 😂
It was unfortunate that the Olympics didn’t favor Nigeria. It’s time for introspection. But nobody goes into any competition to lose. Everyone has a bad day. The men in the 4x400 tried their best to come second in their semi final heat but got disqualified because the last leg ran on the line. Even the US with the best 4x100 men has not won the event since 2000 in Sydney. Tobi Amusan is big on the world stage and she knows what it means to defend her world record.
America won 129 medals Nigeria 0 for 8 years its a shame a nation with 240 million people don’t have 1 medal not even 1 bronze
America wins the table Olympics every 4 years pls don’t compare winners and losers
@@Ekofoyurittyt Not every four year. America didn’t win in the 2008 games in Beijing. China won the overall by some margin.
Sports administration in Nigeria is zero. Nigerians are only interested in making money out of every calling, they are not interested in achieving results.
Please, what are you waiting for. Start preparing now.
How do u blame the Talent 😭 Nigeria is a joke , its the administration . American administration invest on so many parameters not just training and they include psychological analysis. Tobi amusan clearly was the world record holder because here carear was developed in her time in the university of TEXAS. If she has gone to unilag would she even be running. Colleges and universities have sport integrated iinto there system. Thats where talent in America is found . So its the administration.
They consentrate too much on crime
Most black people winning medals 🏅 for Canada 🇨🇦 are Nigerians diaspora, They have Nigerian names. Nigerians are happy outside Nigeria 🇳🇬.
No they're not
They're Jamaicans
@@VindicaBrown I was trying to make Nigerians happy. 😆
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Nigeria should giving team USA a good competition because their all have the same DNA. Question asking? Why black Americans doing well on the track?
African-American DNA is a lot more diluted than our Nigerian cousins but I get what you’re saying.
those presenters sure have really dep voices.
It’s Nigeria nothing will happen
extremely poor performance from Nigeria and needs investigation.
No body should blame the athletes. Things are not in place. A sick nation cannot perform. Let's treat our country first and you will see that everything will work out.
I hope you guys can take it because I am going to be brutally honest. First we shall compare Nigeria to other West African countries. Are you aware that Senegal has produced NBA players at a rate (per 100,000 of population) 9 X the rate of Nigeria even though they are French speaking and Nigeria speaks English? I think, in spite of the exceptions (Tobi Amusan, Hakeem Olajuwan, etc.) Nigerians are not particularly talented athletically. Probably the more important reason is that Blacks from the United States and The Caribbean countries went through 400 years of being bred like race horses for the purpose of producing stronger farm workers and fighters (for gambling). As an example, more of the Africans brought to Jamaica came from the region now known as Ghana than any other West African country. The first World Athletics Championship occurred in 1983. Since then Ghana has won 2 medals and their current population is 33.48 million. Jamaica has won 149 medals and their population is 2.83 million. In other words, Jamaicans have won medals at a rate which is 88,036% higher than Ghana's. A rate 400 or 500% greater would be statistically significant. Nigeria's performance, relative to the size of its population, is worst than Ghana's.
That's a lie ,Jamaicans came from all over..I DONT KNOW WHERE YALL GET THIS EXAGGERATED LIE FROM...It's all mindset and passion .
@@Narcissist-d6g I said "more". I didn't say all. From which West African country they came is not very important. What is important is what happened during 400 years of slavery. How else do you explain why Letsile Tebogo is only the 4th African male to win a gold medal in the sprints? There are over a billion Africans in Africa.
@@sportsactuary8574 True
What are you waiting for. Please go a head..
It never was
Giants of Africa lol, first of (Shout out to the female basketball team, they really played with their heart, it's a shame they met USA early).At least in the 90s Nigeria did well at Barcelona 92 they had 4 medals and of course they did amazing at Atlanta 96 with 6 medals including 2 gold! I'm so glad i got to experience Nigerian sports in the 90s because it has been terrible in recent years. Back in the day you could count on Nigeria to at least battle for bronze in Athletics, they would battle for Silver in boxing and weightlifting (cuba was invincible ) and even table tennis. I agree with the analysts, Nigerian officials dont care, as long as they are lining their pockets with those allocated funds, good riddance.
How can people say "we have money"? When the United Nations has launched an appeal to feed 4 million malnourished children in North East Nigeria. If Nigeria has money, why isn't the nutritional needs of it's children a priority?
Why are people dying of cholera?
I wouldn't mind no medals if every child can have enough to eat and have access to clean drinking water on a daily basis.
becuase your president is buying yachts, jets and mansions
No Nigeria is not a sporting nation, India is.
india? 😂
Head role, is painful when guest wale don't know that , world governing bodies get big say on each federation, minister must use his head well to upset this heads in only election time, aside that no show sir, about 3 finalise, what is Nigerians athletes standard and America athletes standard mr wale is not all about 3 on 3 sir, you talk about 1 year preparations for Olympic medals i doubt you know anything about athletic sir , just adk questions my oga sir, Olympic is 3 to 4 year's rooting program sir
Well if run a "country" the
way run sports why would you that be surprised to you that you don't win a medal at the Olympic games especially lately 😳😳 Even though it's not the athletes themselves who are at fault here 🗼😎🔋🎂🎂🎂🎂💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💴💴🌯🌯🌯💳🚿💸💸💸🌄
😂 Nigeria is not a sporting nation... We all know what they proficient in.
Well India has over a billion people, and won less than 5 medals, m oh stay bronze and they are also asking questions 😂😂. Smh