Former African queen of the tracks, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi has backed African 100m record holder, Olusoji Fasuba to make a strong comeback to the tracks.
Fasubu has not featured in any race this season and he is not likely to do so due to loss of form.
But Onyali submitted that Fasuba still has some steam left to make a strong comeback.
She was speaking against the background of flagging performances recorded by Nigerian male sprinters at the African Championships.
AFasuba has been injured and I=m sure when he is fully fit he will make a comeback. We all know what he can do and so we need to give him a break to get himself back,@said Onyali.
Since running the African record of 9.85 in Doha, Qatar in 2006 and winning the World Indoor 2008 in Valencia, Spain, Fasuba has never been at his sprinting best.
His reign as Nigeria=s 100m champion was terminated in 2009 by Obinna Metu. Fasuba blamed his poor form on a career threatening ankle injury he sustained during training.
However, a member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Jide Josiah traced Fasuba=s plummeting form to his decision to marry when he was at the peak of his career.
AThis was a real big distraction to him. I remember quite well how former AFN president, Violet Odogwu-Nwajei pleaded with him to put his marriage on hold.
AShe really wanted him to make a strong impact after setting the African record but Fasuba still went ahead, since then he has not been his best,@he said.Former African queen of the tracks, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi has backed African 100m record holder, Olusoji Fasuba to make a strong comeback to the tracks.
Fasubu has not featured in any race this season and he is not likely to do so due to loss of form.
But Onyali submitted that Fasuba still has some steam left to make a strong comeback.
She was speaking against the background of flagging performances recorded by Nigerian male sprinters at the African Championships.
AFasuba has been injured and I=m sure when he is fully fit he will make a comeback. We all know what he can do and so we need to give him a break to get himself back,@said Onyali.
Since running the African record of 9.85 in Doha, Qatar in 2006 and winning the World Indoor 2008 in Valencia, Spain, Fasuba has never been at his sprinting best.
His reign as Nigeria=s 100m champion was terminated in 2009 by Obinna Metu. Fasuba blamed his poor form on a career threatening ankle injury he sustained during training.
However, a member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Jide Josiah traced Fasuba=s plummeting form to his decision to marry when he was at the peak of his career.
AThis was a real big distraction to him. I remember quite well how former AFN president, Violet Odogwu-Nwajei pleaded with him to put his marriage on hold.
AShe really wanted him to make a strong impact after setting the African record but Fasuba still went ahead, since then he has not been his best,@he said.
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