2018 NYG: Team Lagos Win 23 Gold Medals, Finish In 2nd Position

The 4th National Youth Games ended in Ilorin, Kwara State on Sunday with Team Lagos coming second behind Delta State with 23 gold, 15 silver and 22 bronze medals totalling 60 medals.

Delta State, however came first with 27 gold, 24 silver and 16 bronze medals.

Weightlifting gave Lagos State the highest number of gold with 6 gold medals in that sport.  It hauled 5 gold in Gymnastics and Boxing bringing 3 gold medals.

Executive Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr Kweku Adedayo Tandoh described the performance of the athletes as excellent.

“The results have shown that what the administration of Governor  Akinwunmi Ambode is doing in sports through the Sports Commission in Lagos State is yielding results and futuristic, ” he said.

“Since the beginning of this year, we have been exposing these athletes to various school sports championships to put them in readiness for any national competition. These National Youth Games has been a good platform to test them and I can see that they don’t disappoint us.

“The National Youth Games has given them the opportunity to test their strength in competitive competitions.

“Let me state here that we see the National Youth Games as a developmental event, and this really suit our focus in Lagos to development our crops of athletes. The results in Ilorin have shown that our athletes are doing great to become future stars, ” Tandoh added.

Meanwhile, other states in the top 10 on the final medal table are Bayelsa and Team Ogun are joint third with 11 gold, 7 silver and 16 bronze medals. In the firth  position was Akwa Ibom who won 7 gold, 15 silver and 22 bronze medals.

Abia State was sixth with 7 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals.  The seventh position went to Osun State with 6 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze medals.  Team Oyo were in eighth position with 6 gold, 2 silver and 11 bronze. The host, Kwara State completed was in the ninth position with 5 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals, while Team Rivers completed the top 10 with 5 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze medals.