Sports
‘Reintroduce Age Categories At NSF’
One of the pioneer participants in the National Sports
Festival in 1973, Malam Yakubu Ado, has called for the reintroduction of the
senior, intermediate and junior categories of the event.
In an interview with newsmen
in Bauchi, Ado lamented that since 1986, the festival had been organised in the
senior category only.
Ado, who participated in the 1973 festival as a cyclist, said
that reintroducing the categories would give more athletes the chance to
participate.
He also said that the current situation where an athlete was
not allowed to contest again after three appearances was not proper.
The ex-cyclist said the reintroduction of the categories
would make the games to be more attractive and make the discovery of athletes
according to age group easier.
He
noted that if athletes were discovered according to their ages, they would be
groomed to represent the country in international competitions along that line
and eliminate age cheating.