Unless there is a reversal of fortunes, sprinter Godson Brume may be out of the Paris 2024 Olympics due to a training ground injury he sustained in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria camp in Saarbrucken, Germany.
The athletics events of the Olympics will start on August 1, Brume’s participation is now in doubt as it is believed that he would be out for about eight weeks.
Officials of the AFN said a statement would be made with regards to the injury of the young athlete with a season’s best of 9.99 seconds and was being banked upon to prop up the Nigerian 4x100m relay team.
There is an International Olympic Committee, IOC’s Late Athlete Replacement (LAR) rules, but AFN officials may not call up any replacement. There are six other sprinters on ground including Ashe Favour, Kayinsola Ajayi, Itseoritse Itsekiri, Alaba Akintola, Udodi Uwazirike and Sunday Okon.
” I doubt if there is still room for a replacement. Even if there Is, we won’t buy such an idea,” said an AFN official.
If Godson Brume is ruled out of the Paris Olympics, it will be the second time he will be knocked out by injury on the eve of a major competition.
Last year, Godson Brume withdrew from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary after he was selected by the AFN. He was unable to process his travelling documents.
