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.

Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Al-Ilory     Elerinjare     Galadima     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Owu Fall     Mujtabah Bature     Alanamu     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     MATTA Girls Foundation     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     KWATMA     Www.Kwarareports.com     Olaosebikan     Sulyman Buhari     Bukola Saraki     Ijagbo Health Centre     Nigeria Computer Society     CACOVID Palliatives     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Ilorin Central Mosque     Mohammed Ibrahim     MMWG     Alaro     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Albert Ogunsola     Salihu Yahaya     Rafiu Olasile     Adama Isa     Isiaq Khadeejah     Ajidagba     NaAllah     Saba Mamman Daniel     Iyaloja-General     Shao     Kemi Adeosun     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Abikan     Yomi Adeboye     Kehinde Boyede     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Babaloja-General     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Igosun     Patigi Regatta     KWSIEC     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Jani Ibrahim     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Tunde Kazeem     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Ganmo     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Saka Adeyemo     JMK Construction Company Limited     Maja     Kisira     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Law School Scholarship     MINILS     Adamu Attah     Ilorin.Info     Raliat Islamic Foundation     General Hospital, Offa     Leke Ogungbe     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Suleiman Ajadi     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Demola Banu     Ramat Oganija     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Yusuf Abdulraheem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muazam Nayaya     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     GRA     NTA Ilorin     Ahmad Uthman     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     GAMA     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Iqra Books     Atiku     Mazars Consulting     Okala Baba     Adamu Atta     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ileloke     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     NIPOGA     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Yemi Osinbajo     CCT     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kale Kawu     Olatunde Olukoya     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     IQRA College     Maigidasanma     KW-GIS     CLAY POT     Olabimpe Olani     MINILS     Barakat Community Secondary School     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Ibrahim Mohammed     Elerin Of Adanla     Gani Saadu     Kassim Babamale     Kumbi Titilope     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Aminat Omodara     Kale Ayo     Igbaja     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Adesoye College     African Democratic Congress     Buari Edun     Umar Ayinla Saro     Alabere     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Akeem Lawal     Kolade Solagberu     Oke-Ode     Usman Yunusa     Amos Sayo     Ronke Adeyemi     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Bankole Omishore     Curfew     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Aisha Buhari     Razak Atunwa     KFA     Alapansapa     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Saad Omo\'ya     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Reuben Paraje     Aliyu Sabi     Olohungbebe