Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- Having the dream of featuring at an Olympic event is a feature of many athletes' stories. Getting to one is a feat.

Achieving it at 21 is a tremendous achievement for many but Joy Udoh-Gabriel is one of the few who though prepared to give it all she can muster; not making it to Tokyo in August 2021 will not be the end of her story.

It would have been so different because the University of Lagos 300L student of Education & Christian Religious Studies was quite the reluctant athlete. Her journey into the world of athletics is the other side of how many other athletes began theirs.

She told PREMIUM TIMES, "Though I was the fastest girl in my school, I was not inclined to becoming an athlete. They made many calls to me ...