The sports festival ends with a colorful closing ceremony
Host Delta wins with 648 medals
The Delta hosts became the champions of the 21st National Sports Festival as the curtains fell on the competition on Saturday at the packed Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
Team Delta topped the medal table with more than double their gold haul from last year's edition, after winning 320 gold, 200 silver and 128 bronze , totaling 648 medals, while Team Bayelsa came second with 132 gold medals. , 115 silver and 90 bronze. The Edo team finished third with 78 gold, 94 silver and 167 bronze.
The victory marks the seventh consecutive NSF triumph for Team Delta.
The 12-day sports fiesta left fans with many memories as Delta's Ese Ukpeseraye won eight medals in the cycling event to become the only athlete to win gold in all of her races cyclists.
One-legged Abraham Okechukwu of Rivers State also performed brilliantly, winning high jump gold and setting a new national record in the process; as well as the death of Imo boxer, Chukwuemeka Igboanugo.
The Closing Ceremony began with great fanfare with different states displaying the best they had to offer on stage to the amazement and delight of the crowd, who filled the stadium to the brim edge, many having to present themselves as there were no more places.
Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare, who represented the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired), praised the Delta State hosts for how they hosted the festival and requested that the next state that would host would maintain the same level of consistency.
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The Delta hosts became the champions of the 21st National Sports Festival as the curtains fell on the competition on Saturday at the packed Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
Team Delta topped the medal table with more than double their gold haul from last year's edition, after winning 320 gold, 200 silver and 128 bronze , totaling 648 medals, while Team Bayelsa came second with 132 gold medals. , 115 silver and 90 bronze. The Edo team finished third with 78 gold, 94 silver and 167 bronze.
The victory marks the seventh consecutive NSF triumph for Team Delta.
The 12-day sports fiesta left fans with many memories as Delta's Ese Ukpeseraye won eight medals in the cycling event to become the only athlete to win gold in all of her races cyclists.
One-legged Abraham Okechukwu of Rivers State also performed brilliantly, winning high jump gold and setting a new national record in the process; as well as the death of Imo boxer, Chukwuemeka Igboanugo.
The Closing Ceremony began with great fanfare with different states displaying the best they had to offer on stage to the amazement and delight of the crowd, who filled the stadium to the brim edge, many having to present themselves as there were no more places.
Youth and Sports Development Minister Sunday Dare, who represented the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired), praised the Delta State hosts for how they hosted the festival and requested that the next state that would host would maintain the same level of consistency.
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