The national female beach volleyball team coach, Francis Imodu, says he is optimistic that Nigeria would secure a ticket from the second phase of the Tokyo Olympics Qualifiers in Abuja.
Nigeria is in Group C of the Tokyo Olympics Qualifiers Women Beach Volleyball Second Round/Continental Cup 2020.
Imodu told NAN on Monday in Abuja that the team were 80 percent ready to make the country proud.
He said the team would at the Abuja qualifiers which begins on Wednesday replicate their performance at the first round of the qualifiers in Ghana.
“The team have been preparing for the qualifiers. It is a possible project for the ladies to make the country proud and qualify for the Olympics.
“The players have been preparing and training, and they are determined to give their best because they want to reach the next level of their career and be Olympians.
“They emerged champions in the first round of the qualifiers in Ghana and I’m sure they will replicate their performance to make the federation and the country proud,” Imodu said.
The beach volleyball qualifying tournament will take place from Wednesday to Sunday at the Jabi Lake Beach in Abuja.
Nigeria will compete against Kenya, Cape Verde, DR Congo and Zambia in Group C of the qualifiers.(NAN)
