Alie Gibril Koroma, the administrative secretary of the NOC-SL, revealed the coaches who have been selected from three different sports.

Bobson Mansaray, the national swimming coach, has already arrived in the United States where he will study at the University of Delaware.

He will also attend the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Sorie Kamara, Sierra Leone's director of beach volleyball, will undertake a three month course at the University of Budapest in Hungary, while Mohamed Turay, a boxing coach, will leave for Quebec in Canada this month.

Turay will undertake the International Support Programme for Africa and Caribbean sports (PAISAC).

Koroma said that all three courses would help the coaches improve their technical capacity.

He added that the NOC-SL is "very fortunate" to have applicants available to study coaching skills and team management overseas.

"We are thrilled to have an opportunity for our coaches from Sierra Leone to enhance standard coaching education in world class universities and training centres in Europe and America," said Koroma. 

"That will help to improve the quality of our coaches.

"Before now the International Olympic Committee gives us one quota so the opportunity was only offered to one association per year. 

"But this time round, because the NOC of Sierra Leone is one of the fastest growing in Africa, we were granted three scholarships."

Sierra Leone is still waiting for its first Olympic medal of any colour and sent a team of four athletes to Rio 2016 in August.

Hafsatu Kamara reached the quarter-finals of the women's 100 metres after winning her heat, but then finished eighth and did not progress any further.

Ishmail Kamara did not advance from the first round of the men's 100m, while two swimmers, Osman Kamara and Bunturabie Jalloh, both failed to get past their first races.

The swimmers competed in the men's and women's 50m freestyle respectively.