The Junior swimming team of Nigeria started flying in the Africa area 2 in Ghana championship, transporting six medals in the morning session of the opening day, highlighted by two gold medals, one silver and three bronze.
Swimmer Swimmer Aidan Dumuje stole the spotlight with a sensational double gold performance.
He claimed the 200m event of freestyle boys in 2 minutes 06 seconds, before returning to dominate the final of 50m of the back of the back, touching the wall first in 20.04 seconds. His exceptional swims firmly put Nigeria firmly in the medal conversation from the beginning.
Timileyin Olaiya followed a strong performance in the 200m race of freestyle boys, ensuring the bronze medal in 2 minutes 17 seconds, while Goodluck Godwin gained Nigeria another podium in the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the bronze.
As for the girls, Ibidapo Oluwatofunmi made a resilient effort in the 400 m individual medley, ending with a silver medal in a time of 6 minutes 24 seconds.
The junior girl’s relay team also fought hard to conquer a bronze medal, completing the count of Nigeria for the morning session.
At the end of the morning events of the first day, Nigeria had obtained six medals in total – two gold, one silver and three bronze – giving a positive tone for the rest of the championship.
The swimmers will be expected to return during the evening session with confidence and determination to extend the count of the country medals
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