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Korean
doctors clear Efe for Olympics
By RICHARD JIDEAKA, Abuja
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Efe in aerial contention for ball with an opponent
Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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Chief Coach of the national Olympic side, the Dream Team
IV, Samson Siasia, has been given the green light to use Ambrose
Efe, who was diagnosed to have a defect in his heart at the
Beijing Olympics next month
The cheering news was broken to the Dream Team officials last
weekend by the Korean doctors who carried out medicals on
the team soon after arriving Korea for the final phase of
their preparations for the Olympic Games
“Ambrose has been given a clean bill of health to play,
and it is now left for the coaches to determine whether he
makes the final 23 man list that would be registered for the
Games,” Team Secretary, Sola Ogunowo, told Daily Sunsport
on phone from Korea.
“It is good to have Ambrose back in the team after fears
that his career was on the verge of hitting the rocks
“Everybody leapt for joy when the medical report of
the tests conducted on Efe was announced to the team. We were
so happy to have him back and we hope he overcomes the psychological
trauma the earlier tests, which ruled him out gave him,”
he added.
Efe was declared unfit to play at the Olympics by doctors
in Nigeria after medicals were carried out on the entire team,
but a second test by his club doctors in Kaduna cleared him
to play, thus forcing Coach Siasia to take him along to Korea
for further tests.
Siasia told reporters before the team’s departure to
South Korea that he “feels for the young man, but would
not do anything on sentiment as the boy’s life is more
important than the gold medal we expect to win.” |
