{"id":46798,"date":"2024-09-03T10:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=46798"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:09:36","slug":"2024-paris-paralympics-bolajis-bronze-crowns-our-investment-bfn-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/03\/2024-paris-paralympics-bolajis-bronze-crowns-our-investment-bfn-president\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Paris Paralympics: Bolaji\u2019s Bronze Crowns Our Investment \u2014BFN President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), Francis Orbih has described Eniola Bolaji\u2019s bronze medal feat at the Paris 2024 Paralympics para-badminton event as a product of investment.<\/p>\n<p>Bolaji defeated Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9, to win a bronze medal and become the first Nigerian and African athlete to win an Olympic or Paralympic medal in badminton.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria, the president hailed the player, saying she crossed through the hurdles to achieve this feat.<br \/>\n\u201cThe BFN extends its heartfelt congratulations to Eniola Mariam Bolaji for her outstanding performance,\u201d the federation\u2019s president said.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46802\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-2024-09-03T092040.123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"174\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cThough the journey to this point was a very rough ride, but we are here now with a medal to show for all the effort and investment both on the part of the federation and more importantly from the player herself,\u201d the president said.<br \/>\n\u201cEniola&#8217;s remarkable victory is a testament to her unwavering dedication, exceptional talent, and relentless pursuit of excellence.<\/p>\n<p>He said her achievement has become a source of inspiration for aspiring athletes across Africa and Nigeria.<br \/>\n\u201cHer hard work and perseverance has paid off, not only for herself but for the entire Nigerian sporting community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), Francis Orbih has described Eniola Bolaji\u2019s bronze medal feat at the Paris 2024 Paralympics para-badminton event as a product of investment. Bolaji defeated Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9, to win a bronze medal and become the first Nigerian and African athlete to win an Olympic or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":46805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[1467],"class_list":["post-46798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2024-paris-paralympics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46879,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46798\/revisions\/46879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}