- World Curling Federation: Nigeria, Brazil, others confirmed for Youth Olympic Game
Following the countdown to the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games, the World Curling Federation through an official statement on its website has confirmed Nigeria as one of the countries that would feature in both the Mixed Team Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship at next year’s Youth Winter Olympic Games.
Among the other countries which have been identified that would also have representation simultaneously in both the Mixed Team Championship and the Mixed Doubles Championship are Korea, Brazil, and the United States.
While some of these countries earned qualification through points earned at world championships held in Finland, others sealed their places through regional quotas or as the National Olympic Committee with the most points outside these initial criteria.
Daniel Damola, the president of the Nigeria Curling Federation, while expressing his gratitude at the official ratification of Nigeria’s qualification, noted that all hands need to be on deck to ensure the country has a memorable outing in Gangwon.
His words: “This is quite historic and we are glad we have been able to qualify as the only team from Africa, now we have to switch our focus to doing respectably well at the Youth Olympic Games.”
Damola then said a lot of funds will be required to give the young lads who would be representing Nigeria the kind of preparation they needed.
“As a federation, we have been doing all these alone but we will need the government, corporate bodies and indeed well-meaning Nigerians to come to our aid as we step up in our preparation for the Youth Olympic Games,” he appealed.
The Winter Youth Olympics is, however, billed to take place from 19 Jan 2024 – 1 Feb 2024.
