Athletes at the forthcoming National Sports Festival, Delta 2022, will have the opportunity to make use of the same quality of tartan track which was used at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in London.
A member of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) has said the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has imported the same type of tartan track for installation at the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba.
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Last Friday, the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, the Main Organising Committee (MOC), the LOC and other stakeholders inspected facilities provided by the Delta State government for the biennial games.
“In 2018 when Delta State hosted the Senior African Athletics Championship, a new tartan track was installed at the Stephen Keshi stadium but the athletes complained that it was not smooth enough.
“Now, Governor Okowa doesn’t want any form of complaint. He has imported the quality of tartan track that was used at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England.
“I am sure our athletes will set more national records when the 2022 National Sports Festival begins,” the LOC official said.
Apart from the re-laying of the tartan track, the state government is said to be putting in place two brand new indoor sports halls for the Games, just as the old indoor hall is being renovated for the 21th NSF which will be held from November 28 to December 10.
