West Africa Para Games: Team Nigeria Firing From All Cylinders To Host And Win

Team Nigeria Para Athletes at the ongoing 1st West Africa Para Games in Abeokuta are determined to make it a host and win championships for the country as they have refused to take their foot off the pedal at the top of the medals table.

The motto of this year’s championship – the Heroes Call- seems to have resonated so well with the Nigerian athletes, as they have continued to dominate most of the events and sports.

Nigeria is currently topping the medals table with a total of 25 medals – 9 Gold medals, 11 silver and 5 bronze medals.

They are distantly followed by Benin Republic with 2 Gold medals, 0 silver and 6 bronze medals while Cote d’Ivoire is third on the medals table with just 1 Gold medal, 0 silver and 0 bronze medal.

Ghana is 4th on the medal with 0 Gold medals, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals while other countries like Cameroon, Liberia, Niger, and Togo are yet to register a single medal.

Meanwhile Team Nigeria will hope to sweep the entire medals in Men’s and mixed wheelchair basketball when exciting action continues on Tuesday at the Alake Sports Centre in Ijeja. Nigeria’s women wheelchair basketball team led by Gbemisola Ejubamigbe were too strong for the rest of the team as they defeated Ghana 13-2 to the gold medal in the final on Monday.

Later today, some of the exciting fixtures to expect in the Mixed round robin stage will include Nigeria taking on Ghana, Benin will battle Niger Republic, while in the men’s event Nigeria will also slug it out against Ghana, Niger will take on Benin Republic and Benin will take on Nigeria.