Dylan Bettencourt
Ithimba laseNigeria le-4x400m relay likhishwe yi-World Athletics (i-WA) ngoba izikhulu azibekanga ama-cone kulo mzila ngesikhathi se-Lagos Open Athletics Championship.
UNse Imaobong, uFavor Ofili, uKnowledge Omovoh kanye noPatience Okon-George bagijime isizini ehamba phambili ngo-3: 26.83 kodwa udaba lobuchwepheshe olwenziwe ngabahleli bomjaho lubalahlekisele ngethuba lokuncintisana kuma-Olimpiki.
Ilungu le-Athletics Federation of Nigeria lithe lo mjaho uthathwe njengongekho emthethweni.
“Emjahweni onamathrekhi agobile imiphumela ayibalwa uma engekho ama-cone. Odabeni lwe-Team Nigeria, abawabekanga ama-cone lapho umzila wesibili uxhumana uba ngumzila owodwa,” kusho lesi sikhulu.
Lokhu kushayisana okuncane kubangele ukudabuka kwenhliziyo okukhulu kwethimba le-relay elibekwe endaweni ye-13th ohlwini oluphezulu lwe-WA, ezindaweni eziphakeme ezinhlanu kusukela kweye-18.
ULekan Soetan, umhlaziyi wezibalo nongumqeqeshi uthe lo mjaho kumele ungavunyelwa: “Kunomthetho wokuthi zonke izinhlanga ezigoqiwe kumele zigijinywe ngamakhebuli ukuvimbela abagijimi ukuthi bangagijimi ngaphakathi komugqa wangaphakathi.”
Uthe futhi abukho ubufakazi bokuthi bonke abagijimi kulowo mjaho abaphulanga imithetho futhi mhlawumbe bathole inzuzo.
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