2nd Niger Delta Games: Delta State Claims Double Gold in 100m Finals

Delta State loved a giant second on the 2nd Niger Delta Video games in Benin Metropolis on Saturday, as Ejiro Peter and Chibueze Ozama each gained gold medals in the ladies’s and males’s 100m finals.

Within the girls’s race, Ejiro Peter confirmed her class by sprinting to victory in 11.58 seconds to assert the gold medal for Delta State. Tejiri Ugoh Reward completed second in 11.76 seconds to win silver for host Edo State, whereas Victory Imoisemeh Azobudi additionally of Edo State took the bronze medal.

Within the males’s 100m ultimate, Delta State continued their dominance as Chibueze Ozama powered to gold in 10.42 seconds. Vibrant Present of Akwa Ibom State completed second in 10.57 seconds, whereas Saturday Godswill claimed bronze in 10.59 seconds.

Though each Ejiro Peter and Chibueze Ozama gained gold, they didn’t set new data. The primary version of the Niger Delta Video games allowed elite athletes, whereas the present version is restricted to Beneath-25 athletes, making it more durable to problem earlier marks.

Favour Ashe’s males’s file of 10.16 seconds nonetheless stands and will take time to interrupt, however there’s hope that Jennifer Chukwuka’s girls’s file of 11.41 seconds could possibly be surpassed quickly. Each athletes represented Delta State on the first version in Uyo, and the state has once more defended its dash titles in Benin Metropolis.