{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Encounter with Samson Siasia \u2013 forgotten so soon? - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s4v5MPrGeF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/encounter-with-samson-siasia-forgotten-so-soon\/\">Encounter with Samson Siasia \u2013 forgotten so soon?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/encounter-with-samson-siasia-forgotten-so-soon\/embed\/#?secret=s4v5MPrGeF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Encounter with Samson Siasia \u2013 forgotten so soon?&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"s4v5MPrGeF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Samson-Siasia-Nigeria-footballer_640_486.jpg","thumbnail_width":640,"thumbnail_height":486,"description":"To forget may be man\u2019s greatest weakness.  We always forget. Even with the challenges, we face on a daily basis, plus the endless vicissitudes of life, \u2018forgetfulness\u2019 seems to be a big challenge.\u00a0\u00a0I recall\u00a0Chioma Ajunwa\u00a0and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding her first ban by the IAAF on the eve of the\u00a0Barcelona Olympics\u00a0in 1992. Following the announcement of the ban, the Nigerian sports authorities, without hearing her side of the story, condemned her to \u2018hell\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0Thereafter, life went on normally for everyone else but her, as if Chioma never existed in the first place.\u00a0\u00a0Yet, here was a young Nigerian girl that had just run and recorded the fastest 100 metres race in the world that year, and was poised to win an Olympic medal for her country, suddenly sentenced to a ban from all sports on the eve of her possible greatest triumph.\u00a0 Nigeria did nothing to help her, even with a simple enquiry.  Samson Siasia\u2019s present plight reminds me of Chioma\u2019s story."}