Lagos Set To Host Maiden Regional Para-Athletics Championship
No fewer than 100 athletes from the six Southwest states are expected to compete for honours in the maiden Lagos/South-West Para-Athletics Regional Tournament scheduled to hold from November 18-20 at the mainbowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.
The host State, Lagos, will present 30 participants, Ogun 30, Ekiti 10, Ondo 10, Oyo 10, and Osun 10. The Southwest regional championship is part of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration to encourage mass participation of people living with disability in sports, especially para-sports.
The championship is also to create an enabling environment for the athletes to showcase their talents.
According to the Chairman, Para Athletics Association, Olawale Etti, events that will feature at the event include: T11 Blind Race-T12/13 100m, T36/37/38-100, F40/41-shotput and discus, F42/F44 – discuss and shot put, T45/46-200 and shot put, T54 wheel chair race 100m and 200m, F56/57-Javelin and shot put and F11- shot put.
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