15 Apr Team Delta wins National Sports Festival for third consecutive time
Team Delta was yesterday officially declared champions of the 20th National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 that ended on Wednesday.
It is the third time in a row that Team Delta will finish as the overall winners of Nigeria’s version of the Olympics.
Host Edo State trailed in the second position with 129 gold, with Bayelsa state emerging third best with 56 gold medals.
Team Rivers with 33 gold medals settled for fourth place while Lagos with 32 gold medals finished as the fifth-best team,
The festival ended in grand style with a colourful closing ceremony at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.
Some of the high points of the Festival include the feat of 10-year-old Stephanie Onusiriuka of Team Anambra who won gymnastic gold, two silver medals, and one bronze as well as the outstanding 15 medal haul of Asagbe Ifiaezibe of Team Bayelsa.
Top female athlete Grace Nwokocha also qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after winning the 100m and 200m events. The attention of the world was also caught when a pregnant athlete, Ameenat Idrees, representing Lagos won gold in Taekwondo.
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