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.

Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Abioye Bello     Oke-Ero     Gobir     John Kehinde Salako     Agboola Babatunde     Arca Santa     Orisun Igbomina     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     KWASAA     Borgu     Umar Gunu     Afeyin-Olukuta     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Abdulkarim Adisa     Vasolar Consultoria     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Peculiar Allowance     Amasa     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Haliru Yahaya     Tunde Saad     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Sheikh Alimi     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Adisa Logun     Ibrahim Mohammed     Olushola Saraki     Ghali Muhammed     IYA YUSUF     Nigeria Customs Service     Oyawoye     Busari Alabi Alausa     Kehinde Boyede     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Abegunde Goke     Bisi Oyeleke     Kola Ologbondiyan     PharmAccess Foundation     Arandun     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Gbenga Awoyale     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Bola Shagaya     Oba Of Jebba     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ganiyu Abolarin     Ojo Isekuse     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Offorjama     Post Utme     Fulani     Allocation     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Saka Saadu     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Alikinla     Lola Olabayo     Olatunji Ibrahim     Sadiq Umar     Adamu Attah     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Amusa Bello     Kwara Pdp     Tunji Ajanaku     GANZY     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Frootify     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kwarareports.com     Idris Garuba     Kale Kawu     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Ilorin Like-Minds    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

ASUU     Rihanat Ajia     Oro Grammar School     Funmilayo Oniwa     Elewu     Aliyu U. Tilde     Congress For National Consensus     Muslim Cementary     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     International Aviation College     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Tosin Saraki     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Kwara Apc     Marafan Shonga     Inside Kwara     Olam Food Ingredients     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Shuaib Jawondo     Moses Adekanye     Baba Idris     Emmanuel Bello     Salake     Atiku Abubakar     Kazeem Oladepo     Edret Sabi Abel     Ijakadi     TESCOM     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Fareedah Dankaka     Bio Ibrahim     Ethical College     Okanlawon Taiwo     Michael Nzwekwe     Solomon Edoja     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Sidikat Akaje     Umar Adelodun     Buhari     Kunle Akogun     SWAN     Babata     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Talaka Parapo     Kamaldeen Gambari     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Michael Ologundea     Durosinlohun Atiku     Azeez Salawu     UITH     Kwara State Government     Ibrahim Abikan     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Kwara North     Boko Haram     Oko-Erin     IYA ALFA NLA     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Principal Private Secretary     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Kola Olota     Umar Danladi Shero     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     JAAC     RTEAN     Mohammed Saidu     Omupo     ASKOMP     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Amos Justus Sayo     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Razaq Atunwa     Quranic Recitation Competition