Team Nigeria has won the second edition of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), Region 2 Senior Athletics Championships which ended at the University of Ghana Sports Complex, Accra on Tuesday.
The failure of Nigeria’s relays teams to pick slots for the world championships in Tokyo,Japan in September however remains a sour taste in the exploits of the country in Ghana.
Nigeria topped the medals table with 15 gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze bringing the team’s total medal haul to 25.
Most of Team Nigeria’s medals were mined in the sprint, quarter miles and a few from throws and jumps.
This year’s outing for Team Nigeria was better than last year’s result of 13 gold 4 silver and a bronze medal.
The athletes from the ‘Land of the upright men’s – Burkina Faso came second ahead of Benin Republic.
The Stallions returned to Ouagadougou with 21 medals made up of 7 gold, 10 silver and 4 bronze, while Benin Republic secured 6 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals for a total of 16.
Host Ghana, who fielded 30 athletes and kept their World Championship team in a training camp in the USA, finished fourth on the final medals table with 3 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.
Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and the Gambia were also on the medals log of the 2 day competition that attracted over 250 athletes from the West African sub region.
