Nigeria may have missed out from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) wildcard after the world taekwondo ruling body made known the list of nations for the wildcard slots.
It would be recalled that the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) said they would apply for wildcard after the four-man team to the continental qualifiers in Morocco failed to win a slot to Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
It was gathered on Thursday via MasTaekwondo website that WTF has announced Haiti, Nepal, Honduras and Somalia as winners of the wildcard as defined by the Tripartite Commission of Olympic Games.
According to the website, the four wildcards to RÃo 2016 Olympic were defined at the preparation Camp of the Olympics Games, in South Korea.
According to the document scooped by Mas Taekwondo, the weights to each team were: Haiti, in -67kg women, Nepal, in +67kg women, Honduras, in -80kg men, and Somalia, in -58kg men.
Also the athletes’ names are Faisal Jeylani Aweys of Somalia, Aniya Louissant of HaitÃ, Nisha Rawal of Nepal and Miguel of Honduras. The weight distribution was made by Brazil the host of the Olympic Games which chose the remaining four weights.
Meanwhile, WTF has confirmed 124 athletes from 60 nations for Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.
In Africa, 11 countries produced the 19 athletes that will compete at the Rio Olympics while Nigeria will be conspicuously missing being the first time the West African giant will not be competing at the Olympic Games since 2004 in Athens, Greece. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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