Izuchukwu Okosi
Lagos and Bayelsa States have set the pace in the medals table on the opening day of the weightlifting event at the 7th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, Delta State capital.
Lagos State won three medals, two gold and a bronze in the women’s 45kg while Bayelsa State picked all the three gold medals in the 49kg men’s category.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelEzenwa Chinaza was just two kilos away from winning a gold medal in snatch but her 53kg lift could only fetch her a bronze.
However, she made amends in the clean and jerk lifting 70kg to get a total of 123kg which fetched her two gold medals.
Ezenwa Esther from Abia State won gold in snatch and bronze in clean and Jerk lifting 55kg and 67kg respectively.
Christiana Ollorma from Rivers State won all three silver medals on offer with 54kg snatch, 68kg clean and jerk, and 122 total.
Matthew Martin Precious from Cross River State won a bronze medal in total with a 114kg lift
In the men’s 49kg category of the National Youth Games, Stephen Godswill from Bayelsa State collected all three gold medals at stake after lifting 56kg snatch, 67kg clean and jerk, and 123kg total.
Rivers State’s Samson Deagon Teron came second after he also picked all three silver medals on offer. He lifted 55kg in snatch, 66kg in clean and jerk, and 121kg in total.
It was also a similar “one-way traffic” in the bronze medals with all three going the way of Adebayo Saheed from Osun State.
He lifted 42kg in snatch, 50kg in clean and jerk, and 92kg in total to ensure that the State of the Living Spring picked all the bronze medals.
The weightlifting event of the 7th National Youth Games, NYG continues on Sunday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
