ABEOKUTA– The Ogun state mixed relay team has won the 4×400m at the ongoing National Sports Festival tagged “Gateway Games 2024″ held at the tartan track of the MKO Abiola Sports Arena, Abeokuta.
The Ogun state team represented by the quartet of Gafar Badmus, Tosin Adeloye, Samson Nathaniel and Toheebat Jimoh, stormed to victory in a time of 3:20.65.
Team Edo finished 2nd in the race with a time of 3:23.41, while Team Lagos got on the podium in the event, finishing with the Bronze medal in a time of 3:24.36
Speaking after the race, the Coach of the team, Saheed Akinpelu, applauded the athletes for the feat achieved, adding that the victory was achieved through dedication and hardwork.
” At the same time am still appealing to the government , assuming we spent like three months in camp , we would have even do better than this.
” We used all our strategies in order to defeat states like Bayelsa, Delta and other good states. Our athletes are humble and they listen to instructions .
” That tells you there’s love in camp . Am on top of the world, we started with a gold this morning in the walking race and now a gold medal in relay . It is fantastic and good result for us,” he said.
