In this article Canada's first Olympic and world champion wrestler Daniel Igali talks about his effort to build a wrestling program in his home country Nigeria. It was at the 1994 Commonwealth Games that Igali made the decision to leave the Nigerian team to stay in Canada. These days he spends nine months a year working with the Nigerian wrestling team,while still maintaining his home in Surrey, B.C. These Commonwealth games have been very productive for Daniel's athletes. They’ve collected two gold, two silver and six bronze medals with two day of competition remaining. He tells all his athletes that if they want to prepare for the Olympics, they have to start here. Igali's wrestlers show a lot of respect towards him. He says “They almost believe your word as God’s word, they know where you’re coming from. It carries a lot of respect. If you tell them to do 100 push-ups, they believe you so religously they do 110.”
I think that Damiel Igali is doing a great thing by going back to his native country to help there wrestlers. It really shows that he cares for the sport because he is doing all he can to make himself and others better.
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