The Nigerian contingent to the 13th All African Games held in Ghana, finished second on the overall medals table at the end of the tournament.
Team Nigeria finished with a
total of 47 gold, 33 silver and 40 bronze medals across 25 sports at the
competition.
The Nigerian team won its
highest medal haul in weightlifting, winning 32 medals—16 gold, 10 silver, and
six bronze.
Athletics was Nigeria’s second
most productive sport at the Games, with 22 medals won.
Nigeria got 11 medals from
wrestling, 8 gold medals in a day in boxing, while arm wrestling also produced
13 medals.
Despite Nigeria’s impressive
outing at the tournament, it was Egypt who finished tops on the medals table
with 189 medals, comprising 101 gold, 46 silver and 42 bronze.
South Africa placed third on
the medals table with 106 medals — 32 gold, 32 silver and 42 bronze medals.
Algeria finished third with 29
gold, 38 silver and 47 bronze medals, while Tunisia completed the top five.
The next edition of the African
Games will be held in Cairo, Egypt, in 2027.
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