African Games
A GOLD AND THREE SILVER MEDALS FOR NIGERIA IN BADMINTON
BY KUNLE SOLAJA
Nigeria’s badminton team won only one gold medal in the four final matches the team played on Thursday at the 12th African Games this Thursday.
In essence, it is one gold and three silver medals for Nigeria. The only gold medal was won by Anuoluwapo Opeyori who beat Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius in the Men’s Singles.
Before then, Dorcas Adesokan had lost the Women’s Singles to South Africa’s Johanita Scholtz. The loss was also followed with that of the pair of Deborah Ukeh and Dorcas Adesokan losing the Women’s Doubles to Hadia Elsaid and Doha Toufic of Egypt in the Women’s Doubles.