African U18/20 Athletics Championship: Sports Minister Celebrates Team Nigeria Outing

The Sports Minister, Sunday Dare is full of commendation for the Nigerian athletes that participated at the just concluded African U18/20 Athletics Championship in Zambia.

Team Nigeria won 17 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze medals to finish in second place on the medal table behind Team South Africa.

Nigeria competed at the event with 41 athletes while South Africa presented over a hundred athletes for the competition.

The Minister told the athletes to stay focused and disciplined, and to continue to pay attention to their careers so that opportunities to represent the country in bigger competitions can come their way.

Nigeria’s second-place finish in Zambia is an improvement to her third-place finish at the previous edition of the championship held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Medal Table

Emmanuel Ukoh