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NGR - On the mind of Nigerias small forward Mercy Okorie
LAGOS (FIBA World Championship Women) On the road to Brazil 2006 there are so many items on the mind of Nigeria’s small forward Mercy Okorie. Aside from thinking of a solution to the double-headed task of facing the USA and Russia
LAGOS (FIBA World Championship Women) On the road to Brazil 2006 there are so many items on the mind of Nigeria’s small forward Mercy Okorie. Aside from thinking of a solution to the double-headed task of facing the USA and Russia in the preliminaries, the Lady Tiger is also worried about the public perception of her height.
The former Houston Stealth player in the WNBA explains that even though she has taken time to fill in her correct statistics but the errors in some official publications across the world have become a source of worry to her.
"I just wish somebody can help me sort this out; it has become worrisome. My height is recorded wrongly on many publications that I have come across in recent times and I don’t seem to understand how it all began. The height of it all being at the Commonwealth Games".
"They have me listed at 5'10 but I am 6'0 ft which is about 1.88/1.90cm. I guess they mistakenly confused my height with one of my teammates. I do hope that the right people will take note," she said.
In the absence of team captain Mfon Udoka the Turkey based player led the Lady Tigers to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games where Nigeria finished fourth behind Australia, New Zealand and England.
From Pius Ayinor,
FIBA correspondent in Lagos, Nigeria
The former Houston Stealth player in the WNBA explains that even though she has taken time to fill in her correct statistics but the errors in some official publications across the world have become a source of worry to her.
"I just wish somebody can help me sort this out; it has become worrisome. My height is recorded wrongly on many publications that I have come across in recent times and I don’t seem to understand how it all began. The height of it all being at the Commonwealth Games".
"They have me listed at 5'10 but I am 6'0 ft which is about 1.88/1.90cm. I guess they mistakenly confused my height with one of my teammates. I do hope that the right people will take note," she said.
In the absence of team captain Mfon Udoka the Turkey based player led the Lady Tigers to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games where Nigeria finished fourth behind Australia, New Zealand and England.
From Pius Ayinor,
FIBA correspondent in Lagos, Nigeria