By Akeem Lawal
TEAM Nigeria finished in third position in the final
medal standing at the 21st Senior Athletics Championships which ended on Sunday
in Asaba, Delta State, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
The host ended their campaign on a blistering note, winning
three gold medals on the final day of action at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.
The last set of gold medals for Nigeria came in the
Triple Jump Event, 400m Women’s Hurdles Event and the 4x400m Women’s Relay
event.
Though Nigeria won a silver medal in the 200m event and
two more bronze medals in the javelin men and 4x400m men’s event it was not
enough to give Nigeria a better finish in the biennial athletics championships
as the hosts finished third overall on the medals table same way it was at the last
edition in Durban 2016.
Team Nigeria had a total19 medal haul of nine gold, five
silver and five bronze medals.
Team Kenya were the overall champion at Asaba 2018 as the
East Africans finished strongly on the final day; ending the championship with
11 Gold medal six silver and two bronze medals.
South Africa who led for most of the five-day event
settled for second place with nine gold, 13 silver and eight bronze medals.
Morocco and Ethiopia complete the list of the top five
teams.
For the first time in the history of the African
championships, athletes from Nigeria and other African countries will not just
go home with their medals, but with monetary reward.
The Local Organizing Committee of the 2018 African Senior
Athletics Championship on Sunday revealed prize money for athletes who won
medals in Asaba.
Speaking in Asaba, LOC Chairman Solomon Ogba announced
that athletes who won gold medal will get a cash prize of $3000 each.
Ogba added that silver medalists will be rewarded with
($2000), while bronze medalists will smile home with ($1000).
Over 120 medals were won at the 2018 African Senior
Athletics Championship, tagged Asaba 2018.
The next edition of the championship will be taking place
in Algeria.
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