The Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) announced that Nigeria will send 358 participants in 25 sports to the 13th African Games.
Tony Nezianya, NOC’s Public Relations Officer, revealed this in a statement issued Monday in Lagos.
He stated that the games would take place from March 8 to 23 in Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast.
“Nigeria is competing in 25 sports at the event. Nigerian athletes were accredited at the delegation registration meeting conducted on March 4,” he said.
According to the breakdown, Team Taekwondo, Wrestling, and Karate have the highest number of individual sports athletes, each having 14, while Arm Wrestling has 15 athletes.
Weightlifting and badminton both have a 12-member team, while boxing has 11 pugilists, judo has 10, and Scrabble has eight members.
They are as follows:
Arm Wrestling – 15 athletes
Athletics – 50
Badminton – 12
Basketball 3 x 3 – 4 female
Beach Volleyball – 4
Boxing – 11
Chess – 4
Cricket – 15
Cycling – 12
Hockey – 32
Football – 40
Handball – 14
Judo – 10
Karate – 14
Mixed Marrial Arts – 4
Rugby – 16
Scrabble – 8
Swimming – 4
Table Tennis – 10
Taekwondo – 14
Tennis – 8
Triathlon – 4
Volleyball – 24
Weightlifting – 12
Wrestling – 14 (NAN)