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2024 Men’s Junior Epee Fencing World Cup Set to Start, Team Nigeria in High Spirits

Posted : 13 December 2024

Former African cadet and national junior champion Wisdom Okanlawon will lead Nigeria’s seven-man team for the 2024 Men’s Junior Epee Fencing World Cup, scheduled for December 14-15 at Charterhouse, Lagos.

 

The Nigeria Fencing Federation has announced the squad for the tournament.

 

Okanlawon, 17, is expected to bring his valuable experience from the 2022 African Championships, where he excelled for Nigeria.

 

Also joining him is 15-year-old Kiibaati Opasanya, the national school vice-champion, who will make his international debut at this tournament.

 

The squad also includes Oluwashemilore Fashola (17), Mustapha Fuad (16), Olumuyiwa Ige (17), Bade Martins (17), and Ramadan Sumon (15).

 

Meanwhile, some participating athletes and teams have started arriving ahead of the kick-off on Saturday, December 14.

 

The Commonwealth Fencing Federation, led by its Technical Committee Chairman, Peter Smith, is in Lagos to monitor the success of the two-day tournament as part of the prerequisites to award the 2026 Commonwealth Championships to Nigeria.

 

Referees from South Africa and Senegal have also arrived in Lagos in readiness for the first Fencing World Cup in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 

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