No medal for Benue, Sokoto as National Youth Games end

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After 10 days of intense competitions, the 7th National Youth Games comes to an end today, at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Delta State.

And unless a miracle happens, the contingent from two states, Benue and Sokoto, will return home empty-handed after failing to win a single medal in the competition.

As at the close of events, yesterday, Benue and Sokoto were the only states out of the 30 states that were yet to register their names on the medals table.

On Tuesday evening, Enugu, Adamawa, Benue, Bauchi, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Sokoto, and Taraba states were without any colour of medal on the table.

But the situation took a new dimension for seven states, Adamawa, Bauchi, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, and Taraba soon afterward, as their athletes increased their work rate at competition grounds, which gave them medals.

Enugu State made it to the medal table on Thursday evening when Ikenna Ndubisi clinched the first silver medal in wrestling.

The kid wrestler lost the final 52kg freestyle wrestling event to Eguda Perelade of Delta State, with Abdullahi Adamu of Bauchi and Nabil Al Hassan of Kano settling for the bronze medals.

Enugu State contingent celebrated the silver medal won by Ndubisi late into the night.

Going by the events lined up for today’s closing ceremony, it might require a divine intervention for Benue and Sokoto to pick a medal.

To thrill the spectators, the organisers decided to keep the final of the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m relay events till the closing ceremony this evening.

The hosts, Delta, Edo, and Lagos