Staff Akwa Ibom is on the medals desk on the twenty second Nationwide Sports activities Pageant in Ogun State, because of weightlifter Theresa Daniel, who delivered the group’s first gold medal.
Competing within the girls’s 55kg class, Theresa impressed with a 113kg clear and jerk raise, incomes the highest prize and giving Akwa Ibom a robust begin to the video games.
Her victory got here with robust assist from the stands, together with the presence of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Sports activities, Elder Paul Bassey, and the Everlasting Secretary of the Sports activities Ministry, Mrs Rosemary Ubia.
Theresa’s win brings excessive hopes for extra medals within the weightlifting occasions, the place Staff Akwa Ibom has proven robust promise in previous editions.
Shortly after the gold medal win, Staff Akwa Ibom additionally claimed a silver medal within the Kung Fu Changquan demonstration occasion. Mfoniso David secured second place after an in depth contest, although her closing rating sparked some debate, with officers ruling in favour of an athlete from Bayelsa State.
