Action continued at the National Youth Games going on in Illorin, Kwara, yesterday, with Iyanu Falana winning gold for hosts Kwara, after defeating compatriot Sukurat Aiyelagan in the final of the female’s single’s table tennis category.

Following her 4-2 loss to Falana, Aiyelagan settled for silver, while Delta’s Habibat Olawale, as well as Yetunde Jimoh of Kwara both got the bronze medals.

For the boys’ single’s final, Olaimilekan Habeeb of Jigawa beat Ekechukwu Stanley of Delta 3-2, while Omotayo Samuel of Kwara and Jigawa’s Abdurahim Sani settled for bronze.

In the boys’ para-singles, Kwara’s Igioye Emmanuel beat Ogunjimi Oluwaseyi to the gold, as Emmanuel Joseph of Rivers got bronze.

Popoola Mariam of Ogun, Aiyelabagan Tayo of Kano and Nkwocha Amarachi of Imo won gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in the girls’ para-singles category.

In the girls’ double event, Kwara won gold through Falana and Sukurat after condemning Akintunde Esther and Lawal Remilekan of Ogun to a silver finish.

On the overall, the hosts topped the medals table for the Table Tennis event with six medals – three gold, two silver and one bronze.

Ogun came second with one gold and three silver, while Delta came third with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

Jigawa had one gold medal to place fourth, while Rivers had two bronze medals to place fifth.

Imo, Bauchi, Adamawa, Plateau and Yobe all had one bronze medal each to be joint sixth on the medals’ table.