Swimming Federation of Nigeria (SFN) president, Babatunde Fatayi-Williams stated that the forth-coming Lagos State Swimming Classics billed for November 7-10 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium will enable swimming officials to access budding talents in the State.

According to Fatayi-Williams, the tournament which will be staged in conjunction with the state government will feature international swimmers and secondary school students.

“It is a tournament that aims at exposing budding talents as well as discovering new ones.
“The schools category is targeted at grassroots swimmers,” he said.

On the selection of participants for the classics, Fatayi-Williams said Nigerian swimmers for the event were selected on the basis of their performance at a recent Chief of Naval Staff Open Swimming Championship in Delta.

“We are looking forward to the tournament and due to the successes recorded at the just-concluded chess and table tennis classics, we expect a very successful tournament.”