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The separation of sports and education has made it difficult to discover other stars.

Mary Onyali-Omagbemi

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Nkemdilim “Mary” Onyali-Omagbemi (born 3 February 1968) is a Nigerian former sprinter, she was a 5x Olympian 1988 - 2004. She had won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games and in the 200 m at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games 100 metres title. Mary Onyali-Omagbemi currently serves as the Special Adviser (Technical) to the Director General of the National Sports Commission in Nigeria.

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Part of the contract stipulated that you must have a minimum of 2.5 GPA or you would be kicked out. A lot of us were from financially poor background. So, it would be silly to lose such an opportunity.

Whenever I lose, I take it as a learning curve; I don’t beat myself over it.

Hard work, discipline, determination and dedication. You have to learn what you do and do well in what you do.

The separation of sports and education has made it difficult to discover other stars. - Mary Onyali-Omagbemi

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