 Welcome back. And of course, Nigeria's Tobia Mosa has made waves around the world after breaking the 100 meter hurdle world record of the ongoing World Athletics Championship holding in Oregon. The Nigerian youngster of course has given the nation a lot to cheer about, becoming the first ever world champion and world record holder in the athletics, in athletics, all right, from Nigeria. The first ever world champion and world record holder in athletics from Nigeria. This happened on July 25th at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. She smashed the former world record held by Jasmin Camacho Quinn. And of course, Tobia Mosa is Nigeria's star girl. Of course, it's not, it's a surprise I'm sure to some of you watching that we're discussing sport on a Tuesday. Well, this is the importance of this feat by Tobia Mosa, who is representing Nigeria, winning Nigeria's first gold medal at the World Athletics Championship, thereby becoming, of course, the first Nigerian ever to hold a world record or to be world champion. I would like to invite in and bring it at this point, Monday Thomas, who is a sports analyst, and he joins us on this discussion. Monday, good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time. We're having a new bottle of sports on a Tuesday. Quite fascinating. Indeed. Tell us about Tobia. She's probably called for those who probably have not been following her career. Tobia is a fantastic athlete. I mean, for someone who is not just an athlete, but someone who is psychologically very sound, I can remember seeing our tweet that she tweeted on the 8th of November, 2016. That was six years ago. And of course, six years later, she is a world champion, not just a world champion, but a world record holder. Of course, it goes back in time where she also did greatly for herself the African championship about four months ago. And we know that the best was certainly yet to come from Nigeria. And we need to take a look at our history right there at the World Athletic Championship. You rightly said that this is the first time a Nigerian has ever won a gold medal. What a time to be alive. What a time to be a Nigerian. A time where we know that our sports administrative system is not really working. The NFF, the AFN, I won't give them kudos for this great feat. I would say that it is a personal stop. She wrote on our Twitter that she's going to persist until she succeeds. So I think this is more of a personal glory, although it's been shared by Nigerians. And it's a proud feeling. But I think Tobias Mohsen did this all by herself. I mean, being breaking the African record in the African championship and going to the World Athletic Championship, breaking two world records on the same night. He's a monster, I tell you for certain. And for now, we have to be very happy being a Nigerian. And also, it's also a wake-up call. If you can remember, Ezin Nelba, she's also an American trained. I know for certain that Toby is not an Nigerian trained. Our trainer is actually a Jamaican. Our trainer won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. So she's not Nigerian trained. And of course, let's activate Ezin Nelba, who was not allowed to, of course, participate in this world championship. Maybe would have gotten two gold medalists because we know that the European and the American system of training these athletes are certainly better than that of Nigeria. So I think we also missed that on something, Epa. We should have given Ezin Nelba a chance to, of course, also perform, but also a wake-up call that these athletes can bring glory to Nigeria. It's not just about football. The effort needs to, of course, sponsor these people, give them the right facilities needed so that we can keep backing goals. I mean, Nigeria as a whole is a country of great potential. So, but we don't just get to buy into it. We don't want to invest time in it because you see an athlete, he will be training five, 10 years for one of just 10 minutes, for one of just maybe 20 seconds. What am I saying? 10 minutes. I mean, so this takes time. And I think the effort needs to work on this. I know we have our athletes, about 94 athletes who will be representing Nigeria at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. I think that's about three days to go for that particular one. We should do better at athletics as we've seen. We've seen Tobi Amusa and with that, I open up. But not forgetting Essay Brome. Bartels, I'll tell you a funny story. Essay Brome, I took a course with her in school. So I'm particularly very proud of Essay Brome because she's someone I know personally. Of course, winning the Bronze Medal in 2019 Dorao Championship, winning the gold medal as well as the Olympic Games, and of course, winning a silver medal at the American World Athletic Championship. You can see consistency and you can see that she is under the right facilities and the right training. So if all the athletes in Nigeria are under the right structure, I always like to say that forms for a function. If things form properly, if they're in the right shape, then they will certainly function accurately. Now she made it to the semifinal of the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In that same 2016 she got admission or admitted into the University of Texas El Paso where she, like you said, has been under the tutelage of a Jamaican coach. This progression has been quite interesting because she moved on to record some accomplishments from 2016 leading to this shattering of the world record in 100-meter hurdles. Would you say that, you know, it is difficult for any athlete who remains in Nigeria, who stays in Nigeria, who trains in Nigeria to achieve such a feat? It is very difficult because of the structure we are working on there. I mean, the structure is very important. I mean, the fact, the structures we see the great facility, good structure will bring out good facilities, will bring out good system for this ladies to prevail. And not just ladies, but of course, the athletes in which of course there's a male and the female athletes I'm talking about. So it is very difficult to make it from Nigeria. I'm telling you, as I said, Bromei rightly said, she's not an Nigerian trend. I mean, although she of course has started up our dreams right here in the country, just as Tobi and Musa, well, these people have gone out there to get sponsors for people who see their potentials, they sponsor them and make them the athletes if they want to be. And it also coupled with the fact of hard work. In Nigeria, you can see a very dedicated, hard-working, persistent athlete, but how long can he be persistent or how long can she be persistent in a system that is not working? I mean, you would give about some point, but when you're under a structure outside the country that you know that, hey, this is, this might not pay off, but I'm seeing improvement. I'm getting little tips. I'm going to talk to competitions. They are giving me something. I'm hopeful for the future. You see them continue. But for Nigeria, you know that particular expression. It's an absolute shocker. What about the allegations by former athlete or former athlete and world record holder in the 200 meters? He also performed in the 400 meters with quite, quite, quite a popular in his day, Johnson, who says that S.S. Brume's victory and, of course, her victory and her world record is questionable. The American athlete, former American athlete, has come out to raise some concerns about the timing of the setup of the timer at the stadium there in Oregon. Do you think this is something that can be true? I will come out to completely bash on Michael Johnson. Of course, he's got some pedigree as far as world athletics is concerned. Just as you've mentioned, he's a world champion and as well as an Olympian champion, he wants the Olympic gold medals four times. That's no big feat. And also eight times a gold medal champion right there at the World Athletic Championship. But we take a look at this. He was the commentator at that point in time. He was the one commenting on that particular game. And as a job of the commentator, it's for you to commend. It's for you to give out your own opinion at the point that you feel is necessary. And for him to say that, I wouldn't say he's completely wrong. He has a point because even seeing the final race were to be won by 12.06 seconds. According to them, it was a fall from the electric timer because of the win. The win wasn't so accurate with the timing. So they had to say that the 12.06 was illegible. So that's why the world record for Tobi Amusa stays on the 12.12. So I think Michael Johnson has a perspective. He has an opinion that could be right. So Nigerians should just throw down a little bit. He wasn't resting at any point. But I would just maybe the way he conveyed the message was a little bit not so nice because he would have started by saying congratulations to Tobi Amusa. But I think your time and stuff like that, by the way, he just went straight. It was looking like he was not in a good taste. But I think he might have a point. For me, I think it's 80 percent right that that time was not really accurate because we've seen a time that Tobi Amusa, of course, had the world record, which was a 12.06 ineligible, stated as ineligible to be a world record. So I think Michael Johnson, for some reason for me, I think he is right to make that statement. But the way he made it was not so palatable. Are you saying the statement is right or that he was right in his right to make that statement, questioning the timer, the 100 mh clock? Yes. Like I said, he was the commentator. And of course, with his pedigree, he has seen it all in athletics starting from the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. He's got pedigree as far as having a say in world athletics. So I'm just seeing the way he made that statement really, of course, I lost the anger of Nigerians. So for me, I think he's right. He's right 90 percent to see that. And he, of course, has the right to do so. If you were to take a timer, a simple timer, all right, a stopwatch or use your phone, the timer on your phone, and then you watch the race and you time it. Are you telling me that it's going to be there'll be a disparity because I mean, I will try that after now. And I'm sure people around are also using their time as well. Please do that when you are very, I think the electric timer, right, the, the athletics is different. Okay. You can see that she had a 12.06 in the finals, but it was counted as ineligible to be a world record because of the wing. I mean, this, this kind of things are much more complicated than we think it is. The electric timer might not be the stopwatch you have on your phone. All right. All right. All right. I'm happy you also spared some words for Essey Brume, who also won silver for Nigeria at that tournament after some hard work and putting Nigeria on the map consistently. Monday, Thomas, it was a thrill having you on the program tonight. I love your unbiased analysis and you know, professionalism as far as Michael Johnson debate is concerned. And hopefully we have you here sooner than later. Thank you very much for your time. All right. Bottles is always great to talk sports right here on this platform. Please say hi to Mercy. I told her that Nigeria, we're going to lose against Zambia. I think she owes me something. Indeed. Indeed. I have positive messages on to her. Thank you very much for your time. And that's the size of a package on the breakfast this morning. Congratulations to Essey Brume, Tobias Moussa and indeed all Nigerians on that wonderful feat. It's a world record. We will hold on to it. And I'm sure Nigerians will celebrate this one. Nothing will take this away from the young girl and from the country. We'll return tomorrow with more on this program. Don't forget to follow Plus TV Africa on social media across all platforms on YouTube. We have two accounts. You can watch our already recorded programs Plus TV Africa. But if you want to watch us live, you can go or follow Plus TV Africa lifestyle. My name is Kofi Bartel. See you tomorrow.