Ghana is the first African swimming team to confirm its participation in this week’s Lagos International Swimming Classics.
According to the Championship Coordinator, Babatunde Fatai-Williams, Ghana has indicated its interest to be part of the N5.8million prize money tournament holding at the Teslim Balogun Stadium from Thursday November 7 to 11.
He however, disclosed that the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the Lagos Sports Classics, is still expecting entries from other foreign countries while most of the national champions in the country have already being confirmed for the four-day competition.
Athletes are expected to compete in the open and schools categories with top three in each event carting home mouthwatering cash prizes.
For the Chairman of MOC, Wahid Oshodi, the swimming classics promises to be exciting as top swimmers from the region and beyond are expected to be part of the tournament.
He however, emphasised that the tourney is aimed at exposing athletes to international standard and also to attract top athletes to the tournament.
“We are hoping for a good tournament and for us, this is one of the ways to help our athletes. Having concluded some sporting events lined up for the Lagos Sports Classics, we are hoping that the swimming classics will also be more competitive and colourful,” he said.
Over 300 swimmers are expected to jostle for honours at the championship with most of Nigeria’s top swimmers yearning to be part of the competition.
The tournament has been sanctioned by the African Swimming Confederation (CANA) and it hopes to attract the best swimmers in the continent.
Meanwhile, Nigerian swimmers who are going to participate in the classics category (open) were mostly selected based on their performance at the recent 5h Chief of the Naval Staff Open Swimming Championship held last month in Oghara, Delta State, along with a few wild card entries from some states that did not participate in the championship,” he said.
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