Nigerian athletes will miss out on the 2017 IAAF World Championships billed for London, If urgent steps are not taken by the Nigeria Athletics Federation.
This is because the world athletics ruling body, IAAF recently released new standards, which no Nigerian athlete has been able to achieve.
The AFN must now organise a series of competitions for the athletes or have the elite athletes feature in meets between now and July, 2017 to meet the new standards.
Some of the new yardstick set by the IAAF includes 10.12seconds mark for 100m for men and 11.26 for women.
