19-7-2025
South African athletes vacated their accommodations at the athletes hostel to enable them concentrate on winning the CAA U-18/U-20 Championships, in Abeokuta Ogun State.
Athletics South Africa deputy president John Mathane said they needed to change accomodations to enable his athletes avoid distractions from their Nigerian competitors and also to live closer to the MKO Abiola Stadium.
“We have absolutely nothing against the accommodations provided we are glad with it.
“We removed ourselves from the village because Nigeria is following us too much, in training they are there, even when we go to the restroom they are there.
We decided to accommodate our athletes near the stadium so that we could concentrate on the championships and also not travel for one one hour to the hostels. We didn’t have problems, no problem at all with the athletes village.”
