The 4th MoC Grand Prix has attracted worldwide curiosity, with athletes from international locations like Iran and Turkey registering to compete alongside Nigerian and different African athletes in Lagos.
A minimum of 10 international locations, together with these from Europe and Asia, will take part within the 4th MoC Grand Prix.
The competitors, which is gaining growing worldwide recognition, will happen on Friday, thirty first Might, and Saturday, 1st June, on the Yabatech Sports activities Complicated in Lagos.
Organisers have disclosed that entries have poured in from around the globe forward of the occasion, making it probably the most vital Olympic qualifying occasion in Nigeria in 2024.
With Nigeria’s Olympic Trials quick approaching (16-18 June) and the African Championships in Cameroon (21-26 June), high athletes from inside and outdoors Nigeria are anticipated to storm Lagos in a bid for Olympic qualifying marks and rating factors within the lead as much as the Continental showpiece and the Nationwide Olympic Trials.
The 4th MoC Grand Prix in Lagos has attracted over 300 registered athletes, together with worldwide contributors from Iran and Turkey, alongside Nigerian and different African athletes.
This yr’s occasion marks a major milestone because it joins the World Athletics Continental Tour as a ‘Challenger’ occasion, elevating its standing within the world athletics calendar.
This continues a record-breaking yr for athletics in Nigeria, which has already seen one other sequence of MoC competitions, MTN CHAMPS, carry the World Athletics Continental Tour to Nigeria for the primary time in 2024, after the worldwide sequence first launched in 2020.
The primary occasion will happen on Saturday 1 June for 20 Observe and Discipline occasions throughout sprints, hurdles, center distances, and soar occasions, whereas the six (6) throwing occasions will happen on Friday, 31 Might.
The competitors’s begin lists will likely be obtainable by Thursday, 30 Might.