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Nigeria Finishes 2nd As Curtain Drops On 2019 African Games


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Nigeria Finishes 2nd As Curtain Drops On 2019 African Games

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Team Nigeria finished in second place  with 127 medals at the end of the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco. Nigeria won 46 gold, 33 silver and 48 bronze with weightlifting producing the highest number of medals with 16 gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze.

Athletics won 10 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze while the wrestlers produced 7 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze. The canoeing team gave Nigeria 4 gold medals, Table Tennis team won 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze, Badminton had 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze while boxing won 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze.

Nigeria football teams won 1 gold and 1 silver, Taekwondo gave 1 gold and 5 bronze, gymnastics won 1 gold and 2 bronze, the 3×3 basketball teams had 1 gold and 1 bronze while Karate won 1 bronze medal.

Egypt emerged top on the medal table with 102 gold, 98 silver and 73 bronze medals to bring their total medals to 273.

The top ten countries after the end of the 12th African Games are

Position          Gold      Silver     Bronze  Total

1st Egypt      102         98           73           273

2nd Nigeria         46          33           48          127

3rd South Africa   36           26           25           87

4th Algeria       33           32           60           125

5th Morocco      31           32           46           109

6th Tunisia         26           36           35           97

7th Kenya         11           10           10           31

8th Mauritius     6              6              12           24

9th Ethiopia      6              5              12           23

10th Madagascar   6        4              2              12

  • Credit: aclsports
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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