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.

Galland Marcias     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Obayomi Azeez     Kwara Polytechnic     Aminu Ado Bayero     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Nigeria Computer Society     Sadiq Buhari     Ayo Adeyemi     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Oyelere Oyinloye     Turaki     Arik     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Bello Bature     Bahago     Yakubu Danladi     Ilofa     Mohammed Abdulahi     Kunle Okeowo     Kulende-UITH     Abdulazeez Uthman     Abraysports FC     Fulani     LEAH Charity Foundation     Elerinjare     Agbarigidoma     Tafidan Kaiama     Olabimpe Olani     Kolawole Bashirat     Obuh     Ajayi Okasanmi     Budo Egba     Saliu Alamoyo     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Monkey Pox     Okin Group     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ethical College     Bolaji Aladie     Suwa-Arabs     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Khairat Gwadabe     Ibrahim Oniye     Okin Malt     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Third Estate     Tunji Folami     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Yusuf Ali     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     JUSUN     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Babaloja-General     Ajike People Support Centre     Asa     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Oluwole Dupe     Erubu Oba Zubair     Sulu Gambari     Issa Oloruntogun     Garba Idris Ajia     Ibrahim Abikan     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Isiaka Abdulrazak     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Labaeka     Jani Ibrahim     Public Holiday    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alfa Modibo Belgore     Sunday Fagbemi     Lai Gobir     Baboko     Basit Olatunji     11th Galadima     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Saka Aleshinloye     CCT     Sanusi Abubakar     Tafida Of Ilorin     Law School Scholarship     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Yusuf A. Usman     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Farouk Salim     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Sabitiyu Grillo     TVC Female National Debate     Lawal Jimoh     Isiaka Danmeromu     Okin High School     Florence Saraki     Simeon Sayomi     IHS Towers     Ike Ekweremadu     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Yomi Ogunsola     Kumbi Titilope     Binta Sulyman     Oyin-Zubair     Ayegbeni     Abdulkarim Adisa     Kayode Bankole     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Ohoro Of Shao     Communication Network Support Services     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     3MTT     CCB     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Baaziki Sulaiman     Ben Duntoye     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Buhari     Bio Ibrahim     ASUU     Ajidagba     Offorjama     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Lanre Badmas     Galland Marcias     Michael Ologundea     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Adeniyi Ojo     Unilorin FM     Magaji Erubu     Mike Omotosho     Ayedun     Sheikh Alimi     UTME     Sheikh Ariyibi     Matthew Babaoye     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Sulaiman Gado     Amusa Bello     Bolaji Nagode     Adeola Abraham     Hassan A. Saliu     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ita-Ore     Balogun-Ojomu     KWAFFA     Olawuyi