Mixed Fortunes For Team Ogun As Medal Tally Reaches 20 In National Youth Games
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It was a day of mixed results for Team Ogun at the ongoing National Youth Games tagged Asaba 2024, as they had success in some events and faltered in others.
Team Ogun claimed their first gold medal of the Games, courtesy of Abdulrasaq Abolaji in Floor Artistic Gymnastics, followed by another gold in the all-around artistic gymnastics event, and a bronze in the pommel horse.
The shooting event of the 8th National Youth Games eventually came to an end, with Team Ogun recording 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal.
Atinuke Onabiyi won gold in the Female 10m Air Rifle for Team Ogun on Sunday, qualifying her to represent the national team at next year’s Olympics.
The team also excelled in the shooting event with another 3 gold medals in the Mixed Rifle event.
Onabiyi Atinuke Imoleayo, who set a new national record with a score of 502.1, delivered another gold medal for Ogun State alongside Idowu Tobiloba.
With the exceptional performance of Team Ogun’s shooters, all three Ogun State shooters have been invited by the Nigeria Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF).
In athletics, the mixed 4×400m team won a bronze medal, while the male 100m team also won bronze.
It was not a good outing for the table tennis teams, as they lost in both the male and female doubles. The male team of Mubarak Balogun and Roqeed Bisiriyu lost to Oyo State, while the female team lost to Delta State.
Mirroring their national team at the Paralympics, the Para-Table Tennis team won 2 silver and 1 bronze medals for Ogun State. Raji Aisha won 2 silver medals in the girls’ singles and girls’ mixed doubles, while Tobi Ogunyemi took bronze in the boys’ singles.
Adams Makareem closed the medal tally with 1 silver on Monday in the Strokeplay event for Golf.