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.

Taofeeq Olateju     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Eruku     Ilofa     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Pakata     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Atiku     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Baruten     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Pacify Labs     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ilorin Like-Minds     Principal Private Secretary     Abiodun Oyedepo     College Of Health     Najim Yaasin     Yahya Mohammed     Just Law Forum     Aminat Omodara     EFCC     NIPR     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Col. Adedipe     Oke-Kura     Oyawoye     Binta Abubakar Mora     Elelu     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Mahmud Ajeigbe     SGBN     Doyin Awoyale     Rotimi Atere     Balogin Alanamu     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Rihanat Ajia     Mohammed Haruna     SAPZ Project     Oniwa     Ishola Abdullahi     Vasolar     Rashidi Yekini     Eleyele     Oko     Ogidi-Oloje     Issa Manzuma     Saduki Lafiagi     Akorede     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Olokoba     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Oloje     Ishaq Oloyede     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Taofeek Ibraheem     Mansur Alfanla     Ibrahim Abiodun     John Dara     Local Government Pension Board     Owode Market     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Orire     Bature Bello     Onikijipa     Abraham Ojo     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Egbewole     Wahab Issa     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Paul Odama     Sabo-Oke     RTEAN     YAKOOYO     Kumbi Titilope     Sabi     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Oladimeji Thompson     Harmony Holdings     Ahman Pategi University     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Ita-Ore     Jamiu Oyawoye     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Kazeem Adekanye     Mohammed Ibrahim     Doyin Agbamu     Lawan     Asa LGEA School     Bamidele Adegoke     Wahab Agbaje     Baba Issa     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Yakubu Shaaba     Grillo     James Ayeni     TETFUND     Yoruba     Elewu     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Baba Isale     Overland     Ilorin South Constituency     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Musa Alhassan Buge     Emir Of Ilorin     Kale Bayero     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Shehu Jimoh     Adedeji Onimago     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Local Government Pension Board     Galland Marcias     Odolaye Aremu     Apado     Olawuyi     Arandun     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Abdulwahab Ololele     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Oyedepo     Muhammad Yahya     Femi Gbajabiamila     Mohammed Lawal     Playing Host     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Yoonus Lawal     Harrison Osauwagboe     Alagbado     Shade Omoniyi     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Hassan A. Saliu     Sulyman Buhari     Ajia-Bako     Kwara State Fire Service     Leke Ogungbe     College Of Health     Kwara Liberation Group     Femi Ogunsola     Oke-Ogun     Ayobami Akanbi     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Shettima