By Our Reporter
Ten gold medals were won in the junior and senior long distance races on the first day of the on-going 2020 Delta State Schools Sports Festival holding inside the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
Oghenemaro Iyede of Oyede Comprehensive High School won two of the medals in male 3000m and 5000m while Gariaghan Otujvemi of Otu-Jeremi Secondary School won gold medal in the male 3000m race. The silver and bronze medals went to Okorigba Moses of Afisere Secondary School, and Dugbo Clinton of Oweka Secondary School respectively.
Other gold medalists are Etemu Omovigho of Uwheru Grammar School in female 3000m and Ogheneghalumeno B. of Illeulogbo Grammar School, Owhelogbo in female 3000m.
Meanwhile, in the female category of badminton, Miss Chukwu Precious of St. Peter’s and Mary Secondary School will meet Miss Frances Damascus of Mabel Hill International School, Okpanam, in the final.
Similarly, Chukwu Chinedu of St. Peter’s and Mary School, Asaba, defeated Eze Valentine of Good Shepard Catholic Boys School, Oyede, Isoko South Local Government Area, to book a date with Ogodogwu Jonathan of Government Model Secondary School, Asaba, in the male category of badminton.
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