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.

Henry Olaosebikan     NURTW     Ariyo     Medview Airlines     Patigi Regatta     IEDPU     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Universal Basic Education Commission     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Oke-opin     Ibrahim Orire     Umar Gunu     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Usman Rifun     Summit University     Shehu Salau     Bature Bello     Shonga Farm Project     Mary Arinde     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Bisi Kristien     Bello Oyedepo     SSA Youth Engagement     Kumbi Titiloye     Garba Dogo     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Garba Ado Sanni     All Peoples Party     Idowu Laro     Vasolar Consultoria     Jimoh Bashir     Olaoye B. Felix     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Olokoba Sulyman     Omoniyi     Saheed Alakoso     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Kwara University Of Education     Atiku Abubakar     Maigida Soludero Transit     Bilikis Oladimeji     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Onikijipa     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Kwara State Football Association     Amuda Musbau     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Lateef Fagbemi     Jimoh Akani     ITP     Ishola Abdullahi     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Yetunde Balogun     Muritala Awodun     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Alanamu     Bashirat Bola Bello     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Oyun     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Alao Ayotunde     Agboola Babatunde     Yoruba     Kolade Solagberu     Adeniyi Ojo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ibrahim Gambari     Illyasu Abdullahi     Jaiz Bank     Kwara State Television     Ilesha-Gwanara     Folorunsho Erubu     Hakeem Lawal    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Olomu     Muhammed Abdullahi     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Edu     Ganiyu Taofiq     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Rashidi Yekini     Femtech     Funke Adedoyin     Kwarareports.com     ER-KANG     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Ejidongari     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     IDPU     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Yakubu Shaaba     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Oyelere Oyinloye     Salihu S. Yaru     Mohammed Haruna     Dasuki Belgore     Wale Oladepo     Kola Olota     Shettima Of Ilorin     Adijat Adebiyi     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Facebook     Olokoba Sulyman     Iyaloja-General     PPS     Fulani     Bibire Ajape     Emir Of Yashikira     Lanre Aremu     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Tunji Moronfoye     Wahab Abayawo     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     VADA     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Isin     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Modibbo Kawu     Otuka     Oloje     Sa\'adu Gambari     Gambari     Jebba     Alagbado     Belgore     Yakubu Gobir     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Olatunde Michaels     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Kaosarah Adeyi     Press Release     Olatomiwa Williams     NFAI     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Alfa Belgore     Aisha Buhari     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Ojo Fadumila     Omu Aran     TESCOM     Sambo Murtala     Aiyedun     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet