Aidan Dumuje Abili has set his sights on winning an Olympic medal for Nigeria in future, reports Completesports.com.
Abili won three medals (two silver and one bronze) for the Independent Junior Athletes, IJA, at the ongoing 2025 National Sports Festival in Ogun State.
He won two silver medals in the men’s 50m backstroke and men’s 100m backstroke and bronze in the men’s 200m backstroke.
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Abili is thankful to the National Sports Commission,NSC, for the opportunity afforded the junior athletes to feature at the National Sports Festival.
“I have not participated at this level before. On behalf of the other IJA athletes, I thank the NSC for this opportunity. I have learnt quite a lot here. This exposure will surely help me in my career”, he said.
The triple gold medallist at the 2024 National Youth Games also promised to take advantage of the Gateway Games participation to put Nigeria on the podium in future global events.
“I have my eyes now on the Youth Olympics. After that I will target the Olympics in the years ahead. I will do my best to make sure I put Nigeria on the podium in appreciation of this opportunity. We have to make this IJA experience count”, he added.
By Adeboye Amosu
