Team Nigeria has won the second edition of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), Region 2 Senior Athletics Championships which ended at the University of Ghana Sports Complex, Accra on Tuesday.
Nigeria topped the medals table with 15 gold; 8 silver and 2 bronze medals bringing the team’s total medal haul to 25.
Most of Team Nigeria’s medals were mined in the sprint, quarter miles and a few from throws and jumps.
This year’s outing for Team Nigeria is better than last year’s result of 13 gold 4 silver and a bronze medal.
The athletes from Burkina Faso came second ahead of Benin Republic.
The Stallions returned to Ouagadougou with 21 medals made up of 7 gold; 10 silver and 4 bronze medals while Benin Republic secured 6 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals for a total of 16.
Host Ghana, who fielded 30 athletes and kept their World Championship team in a training camp in the USA, finished fourth on the final medals table with 3 gold; 11silver and 9 bronze.
Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and the Gambia were also on the medal log of the 2 day competition that attracted over 250 athletes from the West African sub region.
Extrasportnigeria 
Leave a comment