Kwara State Schools Championships Uncover Talented Amputee Athletes

Date: 2024-07-09

According to a news report from Punch, the 2023 Kwara State Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships have started yielding promising results, with the discovery of two talented amputee athletes in the Lafiagi Centre, Edu Local Government Area.

The two athletes, Omar Saidu, an SS1 student at Lafiagi Secondary School, and Mohammed Alhaji Issa of UBE Centre School Lafiagi, are set to represent the state in the National Youth Games and the Sports Festival.

Saidu excelled on the track, winning the 200m and placing fourth in the 800m events, while Issa demonstrated remarkable skill in the javelin event.

The Lafiagi Centre was part of the Kwara North Zone of the State Schools Sports, which concluded on Friday.

The event was characterised with thrills and pulsating moments, giving the pocket spectators at the centre something to cheer about.

The executive chairman of the Kwara Sports Commission (KWSC), Coach Bola Mogaji, said that the aim of the event, which is to take sports to the grassroots in the state, has been fulfilled with the discovery of new talents.

“The mission of the Kwara State Sports Commission of taking sports, particularly athletics, to the grassroots to discover hidden talents is yielding positive results,” Mogaji said.

On the discovery of the two amputees, Mogaji said, “These two athletes really showed tremendous ability as potential feature champions for the state and the country”.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Taofik Abdulkareem     Budo-Egba     Orire     Musibau Akanji     Halimat Yusuf     Seni Saraki     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Asa     Apaola     Garment Factory     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bilikis Oladimeji     FOMWAN     James Ayeni     Kayode Ogunlowo     Ilorin Muslim Community     Aminu Ado Bayero     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Abatemi-Usman     Albert Ogunsola     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Tunji Olawuyi     Deji Ajani     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Pakata Development Association     Segun Ogunsola     Baaziki Sulaiman     Abikan     TESCOM 2025     Bilikisu Oniyangi     ITP     Ayobami Seriki     Ahman Pategi University     Iyaloja-General     TVC Female National Debate     Arik     Binta Sulyman     JAAC     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Abubakar Suleiman     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ishaq Abdulkarim     George Funsho Adebayo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     ASKOMP     Amuda Bembe     Presidential Election     Musbau A. Akanji     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Kwara North     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ibrahim Mashood     Alabere     Mogaji Aare     ASUU     Salary     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     College Of Education     Amos Bajeh     Bola Tinubu     Egbewole     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Moremi High School     Hassan Oyeleke     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Oja-Oba     Emir Of Kano     Olaiya Zuberu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Sheikh Ariyibi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Idris Garuba     Ekiti     John Kehinde Salako     Sambo Murtala     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Elections     EFCC     Muhammad Yahya     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Alore     Sayomi     Islamic Development Bank     Balogin Alanamu     Christopher Ayeni     Femtech     Tafida Of Ilorin     Onilu     Millennium Development Goals     Elesie Of Esie     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Okanlawon Musa     Valsolar Consortium     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Abdulwahab Oba     Ilorin.Info     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Omupo     John Olobayo     Tsado Manman     Yusuf Aiyedun     Bashirat Bola Bello     Aliyu U. Tilde     JSSCE     Senate     Age AbdulKareem     New Naira Notes     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Olushola Saraki     Bolaji Abdullahi     Idris Garba     Mustapha Olanipekun     Lola Ashiru     T And K FOODS     Tunji Folami     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Olateju Lukman     Erubu Oba Zubair     Dan-Kazeem     Amuda Aluko     Jaiz Bank     Goodluck Jonathan     VADA     Oluwole Dupe     Public Holiday     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Yusuf Arowosaye     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Azeez Salawu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     UNILORIN Alumni     Aro Yahaya     Oke-Oyi     Justina Oha     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Umar Gunu     Crystal Corner Shops     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Ilorin Curfew     Kwara Polytechnic     National Party Of Nigeria