The course focused on basic fundamental principles in areas such as injury prevention, sports rehabilitation, performance optimisation, biomechanics, periodic medical evaluation, basic life support and sudden deaths in sports.

Sponsored by the Olympic Solidarity Commission, it is geared towards enhancing the skills and working relationships of medical personnel in their respective fields as well as coaches and trainers in the areas of athlete protection, health, injury prevention and sports performance optimisation. 

Dr Akin Amao, chairman of the Medical and Scientific Commission, said the course - which is supported by the Lagos State Sports Commission - was organised due to the need to bridge the gap between athletes, trainers and sports medicine practitioners for optimal performance of athletes from grassroots to national level.

"This is very important because there are lot of stakeholders in sports; the administrators, coaches, trainers and medical personnel," he said.

"This time around, the two closest stakeholders to the athletes in terms of performance, training and health maintenance, which are the coaches and medical, needed to interface for the purpose of proper synergy in the best interest of the athletes who are the common denominators.

"It is high time people in Nigeria started doing this."

NOC secretary general Tunde Popoola added: "This is one of the responsibilities of the NOC to ensure that people are on top of their profession and responsibilities."