We'll win National Youth Games again, Team Delta vows

Date: 2021-09-19

Team Delta has vowed to continue its dominance of the National Youth Games (NYG), as athletes from all states of the federations prepare for the 2021 edition in Ilorin, Kwara state.

Team Delta won the fifth edition of the National Youth Games held in 2019 after garnering 104 medals. The 2019 edition victory meant that Delta had won all five editions of the game since its inception in 2013.

Some of the athletes and officials of Team Delta, who spoke with The Guardian, were optimistic that the state had the materials to dominate the sixth edition of the Games when hostilities begin in Ilorin on October 10.

Team Delta topped the medals table at the end of the south-south zonal elimination, which took place at the Stephen Keshi stadium, Asaba a few weeks ago. To prepare the state athletes ahead of the challenges in Ilorin, the Delta Sports Commission headed by Tonobok Okowa, who is also the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), organised a mini trial for the athletics team three days ago. The mini trial, according to the Director General of Delta Sports Commission, Chris Anaziah, is to ensure that the athletics squad surpasses its 2019 record.

"In 2019, our athletics team got eight gold medals out of 16. This time around, we want them to do better. We have to prove to others that Delta is the home of athletics in Nigeria. Thank God our Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, is so passionate about sports. He has been giving us all the support we need, and I am sure Team Delta will retain the title in Ilorin," he stated.

Anaziah hinted that the state athletics team would begin close camping today, adding that other teams would join them later.

In 2019, Team Delta hauled 104 medals comprising 41 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze medals to top the medals table, while Team Lagos placed second with 72 medals: 22 gold, 36 silver and 14 bronze medals. Bayelsa was third with 45 medals: 17 gold, 6 silver and 22 bronze medals, just as Akwa Ibom placed fourth on the table with 41 medals comprising 16 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals. Edo placed 5th with 30 medals of 13 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals.

The 2019 edition had 3,893 athletes drawn from 33 states and the FCT who competed in 34 sporting events. A total of 238 new athletes were discovered to be nurtured by the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports at the end of 2019 Games.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yunus Lawal     Olatunji Ayeni     Popo-Igbonna     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Vasolar     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     ITP     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Saba Jibril     Dele Momodu     Gbemi Saraki     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Saka Adeyemo     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Mansur Alfanla     Quareeb     IF-K     Adamu Attah     Ethical College     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Yakub Ali-Agan     Kola Shittu     KWASIEC     Aiyedun     KSIRS     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Bola Magaji     Afeyin-Olukuta     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Busari Alabi Alausa     Shururat Olatinwo     Paul Olawoore     Sabitiyu Grillo     Yaman     Olaitan Buraimoh     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Justina Oha     Razak Atunwa     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Sadiq Buhari     Ayo Adeyemi     Minimum Wage     Dairo Kunle Paul     Ope Saraki     Ndakene     Lawan     Kwara Central     Durosinlohun Kawu     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Elelu     Omotosho     Abraysports FC     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Lithium Deposit     Sulaiman Gado     Kazeem Gbolagade     Abubakar Usman Jos     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Dan Iya     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     QuickWin     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Roheemat Hammed     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Theophilus Oyebiyi     NFAI     Crystal Corner Shops     Babaita     Kola Olota     Kubra Kazum     Kamoru Kadiri    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Yahaya Muhammad     Unilorin FM     Sa\'adu Gambari     Sheikh Alimi     Alabere     Yomi Ogunsola     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Opobiyi     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Frootify     Jebba     Agbarere     Oko-Erin     Olofa Of Offa     Bahago     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Bashiru Makama     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Segun Ogunsola     Christopher Odetunde     Bola Shagaya     Air Peace     Olayinka Are     KWIRS     Yakubu Danladi     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Ayinke Saka     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Igosun     Orisun Igbomina     MATTA Girls Foundation     Javed Khan     United Nigeria Congress Party     Jelili Yusuf     Millennium Development Goals     Oye Tinuoye     KFA     Kwara TV     Modibbo Kawu     Prince Bola Ajibola     Clara Nwachukwu     Eleyele     Young Progressives Party     Aminat Ahmed     Amuda Aluko     Saliu Mustapha     Rihanat Ajia     Adedeji Onimago     Kwara State Polytechnic     Olateju Lukman     AbdulRahman Saad     Iliasu     Owo Arugbo     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ajia-Bako     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Okeose Christian Cementary     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Roheemat Hammed     Moses Rahman Popoola     Quranic Recitation Competition     Medview Airlines     Chikanda     Bayo Ajia     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Esuwoye     Yakubu Gobir     Umar Gunu     Muhammed Danjuma     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Umar Saro     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Musbau A. Akanji     Awwal Jawondo