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AFN President Okowa Urges Nigerians To Vote Amusan As World Athlete of the Year
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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, has called on
Nigerians to massively vote for Tobi Amusan as she bids to become
the first Nigerian to be named World Athlete of the Year by World
Athletics.
Amusan is among the 10 nominees revealed on Wednesday by World
Athletics who are vying for the biggest athletics award in the
world.
AFN President, Tonobok Okowa believes Amusan is not only deserving
of the nomination but also deserves to be crowned the best in the
world this year.
“2022 has been a very successful year for Nigerian athletes and
Tobi is the icing on the cake of the incredible season we have
had,” says Okowa who has superintended over a number of firsts
since he took over as the head of the governing body for athletics
in Nigeria.
“The fact that Tobi was nominated is a positive development for us
as a federation and a nation as no Nigerian athlete has ever made
it to this level.
“Now we need to go a step further by playing our part to see that
our darling Tobi is crowned the best in the world come December,’
added Okowa who asked Nigerians to go to World Athletics social
media platforms to vote.
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“It’s a three-way voting process that will determine the chances of
Tobi and our votes will contribute a quarter of the total votes
needed,’ he revealed.
The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will
cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World
Athletics social media platforms.
Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube; a ‘like’ on Facebook, Instagram,
and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote.
The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50% of the
result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public
votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
Amusan made history in July when she became the first Nigerian to
set a World record following the 12.12s she ran at the semifinals
of the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon,
USA.
She went a step further in the final, running a wind-aided 12.06s
to make history as the first Nigeria world outdoor champion.
“Tobi has signposted the significant strides we have made in track
and field since we came on board in June 2021.
“We started by returning Nigerian athletics to the podium at the
Olympics after a 13-year absence before achieving our best-ever
performance at the World U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya,’ said
Okowa.
Amusan began her streak of many firsts in September last year when
she became the first Nigerian athlete in the Diamond League era to
win a Diamond Trophy.
“This year, we continued where we left off in 2021 with Ese Brume
returning us to the World Indoor Championships podium in Belgrade,
14 years after we last did through Olusoji Fasuba.
“This is coupled with the incredible feats our athletes achieved at
collegiate meets in the USA.
‘Favour Ofili sets new Nigerian record in the 200m event (22.46
indoors and 21.96 outdoor), Nathaniel Ezekiel broke Henry Mike’s
35-year-old Nigerian 400m hurdles record (48.42) and Nnamdi
Chinecherem hurled a new Nigeria javelin record (81.22m).”
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