I have been following the action at the All Africa Games in Algeria which is just ending. I am a fan of sports and was looking for representation and hoping that Sudan wins something.
Sudan participated only in athletics, taking along 20 young athletes. Why is a huge country like Sudan participating in only one discipline? Can we produce athletes in all the others? I find it strange indeed.
Sudan should do more to promote all the sports in the country and scout the length and breadth to get good and young athletes into the games. Unfortunately, all the participants were from one part of the country. I believe there is a huge talent out there that can be put into good use. The yearly Schools Competition can be used as well.
Thanks to Mouna Djaber, Kaki Abubaker and Yamile Aldama for the three Gold medals. Unfortunately, the efforts are not being covered by the Sudanese media.
3 comments:
Bk...Sudan unfortunately has a long way to go in almost everything. Especially sports!!!! Our african counterparts have produced some of the world's finest athletes, but Sudan did not put much effort in promoting any kind of talents among the youth of Sudan. We were too busy doing or not doing other things.
True, Daana. We had a great potential in all sports fields, but lost it by turning against each other. What a shame.
Lets hope these OLympics bring something...thank you for a great blog, great to see fellow Sudanese doing such things...
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