Clean sweep for Team Nigeria in sambo

By Daily Sports Nigeria on March 21, 2024

The four-man contingent of Team Nigeria to the Sambo event of the 13th African Games in Ghana claimed one gold, one silver and one bronze medal on Tuesday.

Sambo, which is one of the seven demonstration sports among the 30 sports listed for the Games, had Nigeria compete against Algeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger Republic, Togo and hosts Ghana.

It was James Chegwam that first earned a bronze medal for Nigeria in the men’s 58kg while Jonah Kajido narrowly missed out from the podium in the men’s 79kg, after losing to his Moroccan counterpart.

However, Charity Jatau was flawless in all her fights and she claimed the first gold medal for Nigeria after winning her bout against her Egyptian opponent in the women’s 59kg but her compatriot, Fatima Ogbonyomi had to settle for silver in the women’s 65kg.

Vice President of the Sambo Association of Nigeria, Sheriff Hammed, described the performance of the athletes as a pointer to the potential of Nigeria in the sport.

“We came with four athletes, and we are returning with three medals, and this goes to show that there is more potential in the sport if we continue to promote and grow the sport. These medals would motivate us to work harder to grow the sport and we believe this set of athletes will inspire others to embrace the sport. We are excited and we hope Sambo will officially be recognised by the organisers of the African Games in subsequent editions while the International Olympic Committee will consider the sport for future Games,” Hammed said.

 

 

Source Punch Ng

Posted March 21, 2024


 

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