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Nigeria’s female cyclists’ performance in the recent African Women Track
Championship in South Africa have fetched the country the hosting right
for the 2019 Africa Cup Track Championship in Abuja, officials of the
cycling federation have said.
They added that the evacuation of the cooking gas cylinders from the
multi-million naira velodrome at the Abuja National Stadium also played a
part in persuading the Confederation of Africa Cycling (CAC) to propose
that the hosting right for the 2019 championship be given Nigeria.
An excited Cycling Federation of Nigeria (CFN) President,
Giandomenico Massari said yesterday that awarding the hosting right to
Nigeria was in recognition of the federation’s commitment to the
development of cycling.
“The Abuja National Stadium Velodrome has not been put to use since
it was constructed owing to some fundamental issues. While we have been
praying for the commissioning of the Velodrome, then came the dumping of
cooking gas cylinders in the place. Now that the cylinders have been
removed, we will put the required fencing for it to be approved and
commissioned for use,” Massari said.
He said the federation would organise track commissaries and coaching
courses in collaboration with the continental body, Confederation of
African Cycling (CAC) to equip Nigerian commissaries to participate in
international events, as well as put the country among the leaders in
international cycling community.
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