Abuja Comes Alive For CCSF Open Taekwondo Championship

The Federal Capital Territory ,FCT, Abuja will be ignited on Friday as 318 athletes from Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger Republic and Nigeria will today begin hostilities at the 1st Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation, CCSF, International Taekwondo Open Championships.

 The two-day tournament is being organized by the CCSF as one of the initiatives specifically geared towards helping Nigeria and West Africa consistently produce Olympics champions.

Abuja Sheraton Hotel and Towers will host the championship with total prize money of N2.8million at stake for successful competitors.

 Also, teams from the Nigeria Police, Airforce, Immigration, Custom and Civil Defence will also be part of the competition.

The CCSF aims to make the tournament one of the biggest and best-organized sporting events in West Africa and it will be the first of its kind in Nigeria because it will be using the four Olympic Weight categories, as opposed to the regular eight-weight category format used in other National/West-African tournaments.

 For kiddies, a pre-tournament will be held in Abuja prior to the main tournament, with the top eight kids in each age category earning the available 64 slots for the Kiddies event in the CCSF International Taekwondo Opens.

 In the adult Olympics category, the top three athletes will be rewarded with N150, 000, N100, 000 and N50, 000 as well as medals and certificates.

Winners will have individual photos with Africa ’s first three-time Olympian, Chika Chukwumerije. Other awards include best player award (male and female), fair play Award, future champion award (male and female, best team award, best officiating official award while branded taekwondo uniforms will be given to first 100 registered fighters with souvenirs dole out to all participants.