{"id":24283,"date":"2018-06-12T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=24283"},"modified":"2018-06-12T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T11:50:08","slug":"wrestling-nigerian-youngsters-intensify-preparations-for-ayg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wrestling-nigerian-youngsters-intensify-preparations-for-ayg\/","title":{"rendered":"WRESTLING: Nigerian Youngsters Intensify Preparations For AYG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Twenty cadet wrestlers as well as their sparring partners have stepped up their preparations for the 2018 African Youth Games (AYG) which runs from 19-28 July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The wrestlers \u2013 who are between the ages of 15 and 17 \u2013will represent Nigeria at the 3rd\u00a0edition of the AYG in Algiers, Algeria. The athletes are made up of 10 males and 10 females who will only participate in the freestyle events, staying away from Greco Roman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Hon. Daniel Igali highlighted the importance of the competition to the youngsters who excelled at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships in Port Harcourt earlier this year.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt will be a good experience for them,\u201d the vice president of the Commonwealth Wrestling Committee noted. \u201cWe\u2019ve been harping on the importance of exposing young athletes, especially those with talents; who are going to take over from the current national team members at the senior level.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo, I am really excited and happy for them.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>The World and Olympic champion added that he is not expecting so much from the athletes as the competition is basically about exposure and experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt this level, I really don\u2019t expect much from them. I want them to get that added exposure at the international level \u2013 to have the opportunity to travel to other countries, make friends and get the feel of what international competition looks like.<\/strong><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cFor most of them, their first opportunity to wrestle against anybody other than a Nigerian was at the African Championships (in Port Harcourt). So this would be their second experience (at international level).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m really happy for them because when we grew up, we never had these opportunities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The quadrennial multi-sport event is among other things, aimed at contributing to the development of African sport and to the growth of Olympic values.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Story by Enitan Obadina<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty cadet wrestlers as well as their sparring partners have stepped up their preparations for the 2018 African Youth Games (AYG) which runs from 19-28 July. The wrestlers \u2013 who are between the ages of 15 and 17 \u2013will represent Nigeria at the 3rd\u00a0edition of the AYG in Algiers, Algeria. 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