Team Nigeria continued their impressive outing at the ongoing second edition of the Africa Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana. The youngsters added 5 more gold medals to their medal haul yesterday, bringing their total to nine gold and two bronze medals.
Nigeria gained from international rules to add two more gold medals in the weight lifting event before adding three more in Judo, Badminton and Table Tennis. Esther Etim and Oginni Olasunkanmi were the heroes for Nigeria in the Judo and Table Tennis events respectively. The Badminton team recorded Nigeria’s first gold medal as a team. Team Nigeria also picked another gold medal in the girls’ cycling event.
Nigeria is currently at the summit of the medals’ table hence they are in line to win the competition. The competition will come to an end on Saturday.
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This article was first published on 27th May 2014
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Arinze Ude is a PhD Student at the University of the West of England Bristol, UK, where he's exploring on the mechanisms of donor cell leukaemia. He shares his deep thoughts on his blog and the Naked Convos. He is keen to promote personal development of the Nigerian youth via thought-provoking articles.
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Team Nigeria continued their impressive outing at the ongoing second edition of the Africa Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana. The youngsters added 5 more gold medals to their medal haul yesterday, bringing their total to nine gold and two bronze medals.
Nigeria gained from international rules to add two more gold medals in the weight lifting event before adding three more in Judo, Badminton and Table Tennis. Esther Etim and Oginni Olasunkanmi were the heroes for Nigeria in the Judo and Table Tennis events respectively. The Badminton team recorded Nigeria’s first gold medal as a team. Team Nigeria also picked another gold medal in the girls’ cycling event.
Nigeria is currently at the summit of the medals’ table hence they are in line to win the competition. The competition will come to an end on Saturday.
