Tag: Gold Medal
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ASABA 2022: Delta State wins First Gold Medal
The host state began the festival with a Gold medal, a signal that they are ready to defend the trophy won in Edo State as defending champion on their home soil. Delta state has picked their first Gold medal at the 21st National Sports Festival holding in Asaba, Delta State. Team Delta Cyclists beat three…
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Amusan wins gold again in Germany
World record holder, Tobi Amusan won gold in the women 100m hurdles at the ISTAF 2022 Berlin meeting on Sunday. Amusan posted a time of 12.45 seconds to win the ISTAF 2022 Berlin meeting in Germany. America’s Tia Jones finished second with a time of 12.58, while Olympic bronze medalist Megan Tapper of Jamaica posted…
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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria grabs gold, bronze in discus throw
Nigeria’s Chioma Onyekwere has made history to become the first Nigerian woman to win the Commonwealth Games gold in the Discus Throw event. Onyekewere, 28, threw 61.70m in her fourth attempt to take the lead from British Jade Lally who led from the start of the competition with her opening throw of 57.33m.
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Commonwealth Games: Lawal delivers second gold for Nigeria
Folashade on Sunday afternoon won Nigeria’s second gold medal in 59kg women category. With a total lift of 206kg comprising 90kg snatch and 116kg clean and jerk. She also set a new Commonwealth Games record in the class.
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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria’s Olarinloye wins first gold medal, set record
Nigerian weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye has won her way to the podium by winning the country’s first Gold medal at the commonwealth games holding in Birmigham. She made the feat possible by finishing first in the women’s 55kg weighlifting event and also setting Commonwealth games record in the process.
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[Video]: World Championships: Tobi Amusan breaks world record, wins 100m Gold,
Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan who initially set a new African record and subsequently World record in the semi-final won Won Gold in the final of the 100m hurdles at the ongoing World Athletics championship in Oregon, USA.
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China’s Yang wins first Tokyo Olympics gold medal
The first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games was awarded to Qian Yang of China in the women’s 10-metre air rifle event on Saturday morning. The 21-year-old student, already an Asian Games champion, prevailed in the final with an Olympic record score of 251.8. Russian Anastasiia Galashina, competing as a neutral athlete given her…
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20th NSF: Edo win 2 gold medals in cricket
Team Edo on Monday evening won the gold medals in the male and female six-a-side cricket event at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo male team won after defeating Kwara while their female team won against Lagos. Lagos and Akwa Ibom came…
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Edo 2020: Every gold medal attracts N1m – Gov. Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday assured the state’s contingent to the 20th National Sports Festival holding in Edo from April 2, that every gold medal won at the festival would attract N1 million reward. The governor made the announcement at a pre-departure prayer session for the contingent at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba,…
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BREAKING: Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic gold medal
Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance. Carter was part of the Jamaican quartet that won the 4x100m in Beijing in 2008. His was one of 454 selected doping samples retested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last…