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NIGERIA TOPS IN AFRICAN GAMES ATHLETICS

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BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT

As the curtain falls on the 12th African Games in Rabat, Nigeria held on to top spot in the athletics medal standings.

Traditionally, Kenya always controls that discipline of the Games. But this time around, Nigeria upstaged the East Africans by virtue of having three more bronzes than Kenya.

Each of Nigeria and Kenya have 10 gold and seven silver medals. But while Kenya has three bronze medals, Nigeria has six.

Nigeria’s Medal Haul in Athletics

Nigeria caught up with Kenya on the last day of athletics after winning two gold medals, which came from the women’s shot put and the women’s 4x400m relay.

Kenya’s Medal Haul in Athletics

Oyesade Adetola Olatoye won the Women’s Shot Put with a throw of 16.61m, while the relay team came home first in 3:30.32 in the 4×400 on Friday.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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