Edo State’s golden girl, Osaretin Godwin , yesterday y beat Nigeria’s first cycling Olympian, Ese Ukpeseraye to second place in the race for a semi- finals ticket in the women’s 200m sprint at the on-going 22nd National Sports Festival in Ogun State.
Running together in one of the heats, Osaretin placed first ahead of Ukpeseraye to the surprise of most cyclists who cheered the teenage sensation as she crossed the finish line first
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In the last festival in Delta State, Osaretin was one of the junior cyclists Edo State introduced to the sport as she rubbed shoulders with the senior girls but lost out to the much experienced riders like Ukpeseraye who represented Delta State then and Oyo State’s top rider, Joke Durogbade.
All eyes will therefore be on the women’s semi -finals and final tomorrow to see if Ukpeseraye, now representing Rivers State, will use her wealth of experience to defeat Osaretin and retain the 200m gold she won in Asaba at the last festival.