The Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) said that Nigeria would be represented by no fewer than 358 athletes in 25 sports at the 13th African Games.
Tony Nezianya, the Public Relations Officer of NOC, stated this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.
He said that the games would be held 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.
The Nigerian delegation have been moving to Accra in batches, some like table tennis who have their events starting today March 4 already left. Others are expected to move Tuesday, the final batch including the track and field delegation would leave on March 11.
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 Martial Arts – 4
Rugby – 16
Scrabble – 8
Swimming – 4
Table Tennis – 10
Taekwondo – 14
Tennis – 8
Triathlon – 4
Volleyball – 24
