OVER 200 badminton players from 23 countries
will converge in Lagos to participate in the 4th edition of the Lagos
International Badminton Classic (LIBC) which gets underway on Wednesday 18th of
July, with the finals to hold on Saturday 21st of July, 2018.
The championship
is expected to attract top players from India, Malaysia, Australia amongst
others that have already made entries.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com
reports that the competition is expected to be a good test of the Nigerian
players, and also help improve their World ranking as the face top players from
around the World.
The highlight of the 3rd
edition of LIBC was the Mixed Doubles finals where Misha and Svetlna Zilberman,
the mother and son pair from Israel defeated Duarte Nuno Anio and Sofia Setim
of Portugal in a pulsating finals. The men’s singles finals also had the fans
on their feet when Chittaboina Rahul Yadav had to battle fellow country man
Karan Rajan for the gold.
President Badminton
Federation of Nigeria, Francis Orbih admitted to www.badmintonnigeria.org that the 2018 edition will be
more competitive than previous editions with the 25,000 dollars prize money
described as more attractive than the last three editions. Also an increase in
the number of participating countries is expected to raise the competitiveness
of the championship.
He however admitted that he
keen to see the performance of the Nigerian players after having participated
in different foreign training tours and international competitions. The players
are currently in Accra participating in the Ghana International Badminton
Championship, which they intend to use as final preparation for the LIBC that
will be their first major competition at home this year.
The federation president
also added that in an effort to ensure good officiating for the tournament, arrangements
have been finalized for BWF instructors: Dajee Annirao and Harriet Samugabi to
take a 2-day umpire training course to get put all the officiating officials in
top shape.
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