By Grace Ekujumi, Abeokuta
Team Oyo continued its brilliant performance on day 3 at the ongoing National Sports Festival “Gateway Games 2024” with a total of 14 medals across various events on Monday.
Weightlifting became a goldmine for the team from the Pacesetter state with lifter Taiwo Osijo surprising fans by winning three gold medals in the Snatch, Clean and jerk categories. Another lifter Taiwo Liadi also made three silver medals in Snatch,Clean and Jerk events in the same category .
Kungfu also brought in honors for Team Oyo as Atewe Victory Oghogho won a bronze medal in Taolu Male while Akinkunmi Joshua also secured bronze in 48kg male fighting category.
Meanwhile in cycling the team had the following colors of medals;
Mixed Relay( Men/Women)- Bronze medal.
Women’s 3km Team -Bronze.
