2019 Africa Games gold
medallist, Chinazum Nwozu has said that winning Nigeria first gold medal in
Rabat, Morocco comes with much excitement.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that
Nwosu defeated Morocco’s Oumaima El Bouchiti 26-22 in the -53kg women's
Taekwondo event at the ongoing African version of the Olympic Game.
Nwosu said losing in the
finals would have been disastrous since she won silver at the 2015 All Africa
Games in Congo.
“I feel great, wonderful and short of words
winning Nigeria first gold medal. The only thing in my head in the final was to
get the gold medal because I have come a long way, trained so hard, the coaches
put in so much effort to make this dream come through; I felt I had to win that
time and winning I did."
The NSCDC officer revealed
that her coach told her that winning is an attitude and anything short of gold
implies she did not learn anything from her defeat at the last African Games.
“My coach really motivated
me because he said winning is an attitude. I lost in the final at the last
African Games in Congo and getting to this point still working and training
hard; it was tough taking a decision.
“I encouraged myself, my
coach and teammates gave me the necessary support. I am glad the country first
medal is coming from Taekwondo,” she said.
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