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Nigerian athlete targets medals at AAG

Xinhua, April 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Oluwatosin Adeloye, a Nigerian athletics star and a 400m gold medalist at the 12th Africa Junior Championships has said she is targeting to win medals at the upcoming All Africa Games (AAG).

The Games are scheduled to run from Sept. 4 to Sept. 19 in Congo, Brazzaville.

Adeloye told reporters in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub on Friday that she would do her best to qualify for the continental showpiece.

"I really want to make the AAG team. I will intensify my training, particularly work more on my speed," she added.

On her target at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Grand Prix, she said that she hoped to be among the top finishers.

Adeloye commended the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for giving her exposure in spite of the political activities in the country.

"We had competitions in spite of the charged atmosphere as a result of political situation occasioned by the last general elections as the AFN went ahead to stage events," she said.

The AAG, sometimes called the African Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa. Endit