The arrivals of forwards Uchenna Kanu and Chinwendu Ihezuo at the Super Falcons’ camp on Thursday to bring the number of players in camp to 20 as preparations for 2024 Paris Olympics intensify.
With only defender Oluwatosin Demehin and forward Chinonyerem Macleans still expected, the nine-time African champions are intensifying preparations for their return to the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Both remaining Super Falcons players are scheduled to arrive at the team’s Hotel Barceló Montecastillo Golf and Resort on Friday afternoon.
A full camp by Friday means Coach Randy Waldrum and his assistants will have five days to work with the entire squad, including the alternates, ahead of Wednesday’s training match against reigning Olympic champions Canada.
Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade was among the first arrivals, alongside goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie and Tochukwu Oluehi, defenders Chidinma Okeke and Nicole Payne, midfielders Christy Ucheibe, Toni Payne, Deborah Abiodun and Jennifer Echegini, and forward Esther Okoronkwo. Two alternates, goalkeeper Morufa Ademola and forward Gift Monday, were also early arrivals.
The Super Falcons will fly into France on Thursday, July 18 before their tournament-opening match against Brazil at the Stade Bordeaux. Their two other group phase games, against Spain and Japan, will take place at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
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