22 Junior Athletes Bag US Scholarships

22 Junior Athletes Bag US Scholarships

By Sampson Adedeji

Following their outstanding performance in the just concluded African championship in Ndola Zambia, 22 of Nigeria's athletes have secured scholarships into the American Universities, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Nigeria won 17 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals to finish second to South Africa in the age grade competition.

An official confirmed the development to the Guardian correspondent on Wednesday.

"Some of them have secured their visas already and will jet out to the United States soon.

“These represent the future of our athletics. In three or four years, the likes of Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume would have reached their peak. With the crop that came from Ndola, we have hope.

“We have to put the group together and do the right things. We can do well at the African Games and Olympics", he said.