The performance of your country in a recent international sports competition has generated a lot of comments. Write a letter to the editor of one of your national newspapers discussing the, factors responsible for the level of performance and the lessons that should be learnt.
Explanation
P.O. Box 243
Ikeja
Lagos State.
16th August, 1996.
The Editor
Punch Nigeria Limited
Onipetesi, Ikeja.
Dear Sir,
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGERIAN SPORTS CONTINGENT AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
The outstanding performance of our sportsmen and women at the last Olympic games has proved that Nigeria can dominate the whole world as far as sport is concerned. There is no doubt that our sports contingents have gone, competed and conquered. Our football squad brought Atlanta. the venue of the 1996 Olympic Games. to a standstill when they defeated Argentina and Brazil to win the gold medal. For the first time in the history of the Olympic games, Nigeria won the highest number of gold, bronze and silver medals.
Success, especially in games, does not come by chance. There is no doubt that there are some factors which are responsible for the success of our sportsmen and women. The first factor is that our sportsmen and women were camped in time. This afforded them the opportunity to blend which enhanced their pattern of play in Atlanta. The foreign based players came right on time to camp and they blended easily with those who were home based.
The second factor is the availability of good sporting facilities in our stadia. It seems the Federal Government was determined, this time around, to give sports priority. Our stadia were equipped with training facilities and funds were made available for the sportsmen and women and the coaches to travel around the world for trial matches prior to the games. This made the level of their preparation very high. This was coupled with the strong determination of our contingent to excel.
The Nigerian government has a lot of lesson to learn from our victory. The key to success in anything we are doing is sound preparation. It should be encouraged and it should be made a national policy.
In addition to this, we have learnt that in spite of the seeming invincibility of the hitherto world soccer giants like Argentina and Brazil, there is no country that cannot win the world cup. It all depends on the level of preparation and determination.
Yours faithfully,
(signature)
Orialiku Peters.
