{"id":122320,"date":"2021-12-17T18:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=122320"},"modified":"2021-12-17T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:11:16","slug":"uae-bars-nigerian-athletes-from-partaking-in-world-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/uae-bars-nigerian-athletes-from-partaking-in-world-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE bars Nigerian athletes from partaking in world swimming championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has prohibited Nigerian athletes from participating in the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 which will hold in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the athletes and their representatives were reportedly denied access to take part in the competition on the order of UAE authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/reps-invite-sunday-dare-over-athletes-disqualification-at-tokyo-olympics\/\">athletes<\/a>, they had arrived in Dubai to participate in the but were disallowed from representing their country even though they did not travel from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn sighting our Nigerian passports, the UAE officials treated us with disdain,\u201d a female athlete was quoted to have said.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the development had forced some of the athletes to withdraw from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the athletes also said they were denied access to see their Nigerian officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officials were not even allowed to leave their hotel rooms and competition started yesterday,\u201d another athlete said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Nigerian officials also said: \u201cIt is probably important we inform the Nigerian media of the treatment being faced by the Nigerian Swimming Team here in Abu Dhabi (UAE) at the ongoing FINA Short Course World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssentially, the whole team has been forced to withdraw from the competition, despite being vaccinated, doing multiple PCR tests, and not departing from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason for the team being withdrawn was because one of the coaches tested positive for COVID-19, yet the officials, local government and FINA all collectively decided to remove everyone in the team from the competition, deeming them as close contacts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one case, one Nigerian swimmer travelled from the USA just yesterday morning, was fully vaccinated, had all the required tests, didn\u2019t even have any contact with the coach that tested positive, yet he was not allowed to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Habibat Abiola, she came from Russia, didn\u2019t have contact with this coach, but again, can\u2019t compete<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, all these Nigerians travelling from different places around the world, being denied the opportunity to represent Nigeria here in UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can assure you, if they were Europeans or Americans, they would definitely allow them to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The development comes amid the lingering diplomatic row between Nigeria and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the disqualification of Nigerian athletes is connected to the issue between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers of the 2021 FINA and the ministry of youth and sports development are yet to address the matter as of the time of this report.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Aquatics Federation previously known as the Nigeria Swimming Federation could also not be reached for comments as the board of the federation had been dissolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has prohibited Nigerian athletes from participating in the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 which will hold in Dubai. 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