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ABIOLA STADIUM VELODROME AGOG AS AFRICA CYCLING PRESIDENT, AZZAM ARRIVES FOR AFRICA CUP

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Mohammed Wagih Azzam, President of the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) has lauded Nigeria for finally putting the Velodrome Complex to use after 16 years of inactivity.

History will be made as the state-of -the -art cycling arena located inside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium will for the first time since its construction 16 years ago, play host to the maiden Africa Track Cycling Championship, which is also known as African Cup.

The Velodrome at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium

An excited Azzam said that with the facility, track cycling has come stay, as he urged Nigeria to take full advantage of the arena and join the global track cycling bug.

The Egyptian said Nigeria has the men and women that can launch her on the global arena, noting that natural strength of the African will always come handy.

He also commended Giadomenico Massari, President of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria, CAC members,  Dr Emmanuel Igbinosa and Coach Mohammed Bashiru for their contributions.

Meanwhile, the cycling arena has come to life with the arrival of eight African countries for the maiden Africa Cup, which also serves as preparation for the forthcoming All Africa Games.

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Hosts Nigeria, have since been joined by Egypt, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Benin Republic, Ghana and Burundi. Already the teams have been putting acts together as they familiarize themselves with facilities in the Velodrome.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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