Nigeria scoop more gold medals at Africa Youth Games

Team Nigeria has continued to soar at the ongoing 4th African Youth Games (AYG), delivering outstanding performances across multiple sports and reinforcing the nation’s growing dominance at the youth level. In Beach Volleyball, Nigeria clinched the gold medal in emphatic fashion, defeating Egypt 2–0 with convincing set scores of 21–15, 21–17. Nigeria’s badminton contingent also […]

Team Nigeria has continued to soar at the ongoing 4th African Youth Games (AYG), delivering outstanding performances across multiple sports and reinforcing the nation’s growing dominance at the youth level.

In Beach Volleyball, Nigeria clinched the gold medal in emphatic fashion, defeating Egypt 2–0 with convincing set scores of 21–15, 21–17.

Nigeria’s badminton contingent also impressed, finishing with a strong medal haul of one gold medal (mixed doubles), two silver medals and three bronze medals.

In golf, Josephine Clement Benjamin capped a fine outing by winning the bronze medal for Team Nigeria at the conclusion of the golf events, adding yet another podium finish to Nigeria’s growing medal tally.

Meanwhile, in table tennis, Nigeria advanced to the semi-finals of the mixed team event after defeating Tunisia in an explosive, tension-soaked encounter.

Nigeria will now face Algeria in the semi-final clash, keeping hopes of another medal firmly alive.

It will also be recalled that Team Nigeria delivered an outstanding performance on the track as athletics events concluded on Saturday.

As expected, Nigeria finished with an impressive haul of 11 medals in athletics.

The Nigerian contingent secured a total of six gold and five silver medals, underlining the country’s talented pipeline in youth athletics.

In the sprints, Nigeria made a strong statement in the 100 metres where Rosemary Chigozie Nwakwo powered to gold in the girls’ race, clocking 11.77 seconds to top the podium.

In the boys’ 100 metres, Emmanuel Akolo earned silver for Nigeria with a time of 10.76 seconds, finishing behind South Africa’s Micah Africa, who won gold in 10.67 seconds.

The quarter-mile events also brought further success for Team Nigeria as Hafsoh Bisola Majekodunmi claimed gold in the girls’ 400 metres, producing a commanding performance to win in 55.16 seconds, ahead of Ethiopia’s Desta Kurni and Congo’s Maguerita Athouaby.

In the boys’ 400 metres, David Udoh ran an impressive race to secure silver with a time of 47.77 seconds, finishing just behind South Africa’s Fairlie Jaydon.

In the field events, Timothy continued Nigeria’s golden run by winning the gold medal in the triple jump. In the boys’ long jump, Godswill Anelechi Nkemakolam added to the medal tally with a silver medal, recording a best leap of 7.18 metres to finish behind South Africa’s Jayden Fourie.

Nigeria also picked up medals in the hurdles and half-lap sprints with Gift Gowon winning silver in the 400 metres hurdles, while Tejiri Ugoh struck gold in the girls’ 200 metres, crossing the line in 23.95 seconds ahead of South Africa’s Isabella Gunter and Gambia’s Njie Adama.

In the boys’ 200 metres, Perfect Faye continued his impressive form on the continental stage, clocking a season’s best 21.47 seconds to claim silver for Team Nigeria.

The relay events capped off a memorable athletics campaign for the nation. The girls’ medley relay team of Miriam Jegede, Miracle Oluebube, Faith Ezechukwu and Jacinter Lawrence combined brilliantly to win gold.

The boys’ medley relay team, made up of Gift Gowon, Emmanuel Akolo, David Udoh and Tosin Solomon Essan, also delivered a superb performance to secure gold.