NYG 2024:Ekiti starts strong, wins medal.
– Qozeem Oladapo
Oguntoye Oluwadamilare won the first medal for Ekiti State after grabbing a silver in the 49kg weightlifting clean and jerk boys event on Friday.
In the snatch 50kg , he came 6th but came second in the
Clean and Jerk 65kg to garner a total of 115kg: thereby finishing in the 5th position.
Team Ekiti Volleyball Spikers beat Abia Spikers by 2 sets to nil (2-0)
Orewole Esther of Ekiti State in 40kg female categories defeated blessing olisa of delta state in female boxing to qualify to quarter final
In Cricket, Ekiti beat Kogi by 88 runs to 69 runs @ all wickets down.
Ekiti will play Edo in the next match tomorrow
In Volleyball, Team Ekiti made it two wins in a row in one day after defeating Akwa Ibom in their second group match.
Ekiti volleyball players came from behind after losing the first set 25-18.
They dominated the second set 25-15, leaving them undefeated so far.
Earlier today , the Volleyballers defeated Abia State.
In boxing, Afolabi Ridwan, Ekiti State representative in the 44kg category defeated Peter Ochimana from Kogi state by knock out in round 2.
In table tennis, Kolade Bright & Elias Akeem beat Akwa Ibom 2- 1 in round of 32 Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Round but lost to Kogi State in the round of 16..
Scrabble will start with Singles event tomorrow, Saturday by 10:00am prompt while young chess players from Ekiti State player played draw with Plateau State earlier today.
More actions tomorrow Saturday
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