<p"Shekarar 2024 za ta zama daya daga cikin shekarun da suka fi nasara a tarihin wasanni na Nijeriya, inda 'yan wasan ƙasar suka ci gaba da karya sababbi rikodin da kuma samun nasarori a fadin duniya. Daga koronar Ademola Lookman a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka zuwa nasarar Elizabeth Oshoba ta tarihi a gasar duniya ta dambe, da kuma nasarar Folashade Oluwafemiayo a gasar Paralympic, ‘yan wasan Nijeriya sun tabbatar da karfin su a matakin duniya.
Ademola Lookman ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka na shekarar 2024 a Marrakech, Morocco, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen tashi daga ƙasa zuwa saman duniya. A lokacin da aka nuna shirin gaskiya game da aikinsa mai suna ‘South of the River’, ya bayyana yadda yake ci abinci a gidajen abokan sa bayan wasa, saboda ba a samu abinci a gida. Tsananin uwa yarsa ya bai shi ‘added fuel in the fire’ da ke ƙonewa a cikinsa don zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru. A lokacin yanzu, yana ci gaba da karfafa Atalanta, inda ya zura kwallaye 12 da kuma bayar da taimakon kwallaye 5 a dukkan gasa. Nasarorinsa ba su shiga bakin wata ba, domin shi ne ɗan wasan Afirka daya tilo da aka zaba don Ballon d’Or na shekarar 2024, inda ya kare a matsayi na 14.
Elizabeth Oshoba ta yi nasara daga wurin rayuwa maraice a Tigbo-Ilu, Jihar Ogun, zuwa zama mace ta farko a Nijeriya da ta lashe gasar duniya ta dambe. Tafiyar ta zuwa nasarar ta tarihi ta fara ne a wata al’umma inda kayan aikin gama gari ba su wanzu ba. Bayan ta sha kashi a wasan kusa da na karshe da Zuxian Xiao na China, ta ci lambar tagulla ta tarihi ta Nijeriya ta hanyar doke Oksana Kozyna ta Ukraine a wasan karshe. Ta bayar da nasarar ta ga marigayiya malaminta, Bello Oyebanji, lamarin da ya nuna ma’ana ta kai.
A gasar wasannin Afirka ta 13 a Ghana, Nijeriya ta samu matsayi na biyu da medallions 120, ciki har da zinare 47, azurfa 33, da tagulla 40. Wannan ya nuna fitowar sababbin ‘yan wasa masu neman gurbin manyan ‘yan wasa. Prestina Ochonogor ta lashe lambar tagulla a tsalle-tsalle na mata da tsalle na mita 6.67, inda ta yi gasa da Ese Brume. Joy Eze ta yi nasara a gasar ɗin ɗin neman zinare a duk kungiyoyinta a sabon kungiyar ta 71kg. A gasar kokawa, Esther Kolawole ta ci zinare a kungiyar 62kg, wanda ya kara nasarorinta da zinare a gasar Commonwealth da azurfa a gasar Afirka.
Kamfanin ‘yan wasan Nijeriya sun ci gaba da samun nasarori a fadin duniya, daga nasarar Lookman a ƙwallon ƙafa zuwa nasarar Oshoba a dambe, da kuma nasarorin Paralympic. Wannan ya kawo karfin gwiwa ga sababbin ‘yan wasa da kuma kawo nasarori a matakin duniya.
