Nigeria capped a profitable boxing marketing campaign on the 4th African Youth Video games with two gold medals because the match drew to an in depth in Luanda, Angola, on Friday.
Younger boxing prospects Ayomide Mayowa and Faruk Abijuwon rose to the event of their respective finals, delivering spectacular performances to safe high honours for Nigeria within the boxing occasions.
Mayowa set the tone within the girls’s 48kg remaining, defeating Algeria’s Bensallah Bouthania to assert Nigeria’s first gold of the day.
Abijuwon adopted with an equally composed show within the males’s 50kg remaining, outclassing Bofenda Mabela of the Republic of Congo to seal a second gold medal.
The victories capped sturdy runs by the competitors for each athletes.
Mayowa progressed previous Angola’s Zola Lando within the quarter-finals earlier than overcoming Tunisia’s Queslati Tasnim within the semi-finals to achieve the ultimate.
Abijuwon additionally confirmed consistency en path to the title, recording quarter-final and semi-final wins over Tunisia’s Salmane Kochbati and Ghana’s Williams Laryea respectively.
The Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) recommended the boxers for his or her resilience and technical excellence, describing their success as a significant increase for the game’s improvement within the nation. NBF Vice President, Omonlei Imadu, expressed satisfaction with the performances and congratulated the athletes for flying the nation’s flag excessive.
Nigeria’s medal haul in boxing was additional strengthened by Solomon Joshua, who claimed a bronze medal after a collection of hard-fought bouts.
The sturdy exhibiting in Luanda has been broadly considered as a constructive indicator of Nigeria’s rising energy at youth degree.
The boxers’ achievements highlighted a promising future for the game.
