Cambodia-based Nigerian footballer Harrison Chinedu has registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. This follows a world r...
At the National Stadium, he trekked round the main bowl eleven times to break the record before trekking further eleven times to set a new record. It was Dr. Rafiu Oladipo Sports Foundation (ROSF) that presented Chinedu with the platform to make the historic feat possible and the athlete expressed his appreciation for the opportunity. He stated that his greatest challenge during the event was when he nearly had a muscle strain at Berger Bus Stop.
“I’m grateful to Dr. Ladipo for making the dream a reality,” Chinedu said after the event yesterday. I’m proud to be a Nigerian, and I have made Nigerians proud by setting a new record,” gushed Chinedu at the National Stadium finish point of the walk race. Reacting shortly after, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, president of the foundation, who doubles as president of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, recalled that the foundation received less support at inception of the event.
“I am happy that it saw the light of the day in the end,” Ladipo remarked. Ladipo described Chinedu as a Nigerian sports ambassador and pledged his foundation’s sponsorship for the athlete to “Tafisa 2016” championship. “We are also committed to helping any talented Nigerian youth put the country’s name on the world map,” he concluded.
