African arm wrestlers compete for world championship slots

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More than 400 athletes and officials from 20 African countries convened in Nigeria’s capital for the 14th African Armwrestling Championship, which serves as a qualifier for the 2025 World Armwrestling Championship in Bulgaria. The event, held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Abuja, also hosted the 7th Para-Armwrestling Championship, spotlighting athletes with disabilities often overlooked in Nigerian sports. - REUTERS

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00:00It's my passion because my dad is an armwrestler. I'm born into it and since I was a small boy I

00:17wanted to be an armwrestler. I played rugby and a lot of sports but armwrestling is my

00:23favorite so far. It's the best. I always say that sports is business. Sports must

00:31create employment so if you play and you don't get remunerated or you don't get

00:36anything out of it then we haven't achieved. So the focus is to create

00:41events where athletes or poolers who play armwrestling will be rewarded.

00:48Do you know what makes me happy most? Not I'm just participating only. I participate

00:56and I participate for my own country Nigeria. I'm so happy for that. I'm really happy.

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