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.

Simon Sayomi     Neo Mundo Ltd     Kaiama     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     N-Power     Odolaye Aremu     Toyin Falola     Age AbdulKareem     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Bamidele Adegoke     Modupe Oluwole     Dele Belgore     Abdulazeez Arowona     Olokoba     NSCIA     Col. Taiwo     Yetunde Balogun     Abikan     Saidu Yaro Musa     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Ajasse-Ipo     Isiaka Oniwa     Shonga Farm Project     Saad Omo Iya     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Stephen Fasakin     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Agbarere     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Quareeb Islamic Association     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Noah Yusuf     Share-Tsaragi     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Zainab Abass     Kunle Okeowo     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Ibrahim Mashood     Hausa     TIIDELab     Pategi     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Isa Aremu     Sherif Shagaya     TESCOM 2025     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Kola Adesina     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ahmed     Dumagi     Issa Oloruntogun     Oniwa     Computer Based Test     Kayode Ishola     Kulende-UITH     Jaigbade Alao     Ilota     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Emir Of Lafiagi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kale Bayero     Split Diamond Interchange     Funmilayo Mohammed     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Samuel Adedoyin     Okala Baba     Plat Technologies     Haleeman Salman     Igosun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Islamic Development Bank     Oye Tinuoye     Tunde Yusuf     Gamji Members Association     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Maigidasanma     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Kolo     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Bursary     Christopher Odetunde     Olupako Of Share     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ilorin International Airport     AbdulHamid Adi     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Hakeem Idris     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Ahmed \'Lateef     Omoniyi     Bibire Ajape     Minister     Ayobami Akanbi     Nagode     Tuesday Assayomo     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Ubandoma     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     UNILORIN Alumni     Imam Gambari     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     08001000100     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Rashidi Yekini     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Akorede     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     RTEAN     Samari     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Code Of Conduct     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Amusa Bello     Firdaos Amasa     Abubakar Imam     Ibrahim Mohammed     Bolaji Aladie     Moremi High School     Agor     Jide Ashonibare     Share-Tsaragi     Mohammed Ibrahim     Kwara State Polytechnic     Bashirat Bola Bello     KWATMA     Oke-Ogun     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Sobi     Photo News     Mustapha Akanbi     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     NULGE     Shuaib Olarongbe     Olatunde Jare     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Ubandawaki     Taofeeq Olateju     Dagbalodo     Issa Baba     Bolakale Kawu     Pakata Development Association     Emir Of Lafiagi     Yaru