Godwin Udoh
Defending champions, Team Delta has arrival Ilorin, Kwara State, veune of the 5th Edition National Youth Games (NYG) with 750 contingent.
Team Delta will participate in 34 sports while 400 athletes, representing the state, including swimming, wrestling, combat, track and field events.
It was reported that, the Executive Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa, told journalists that Team Delta was in high spirit to retain the trophy and remain champion.
The Delta Sports Commission chairman noted that the completion of Stephen Keshi stadium had stepped up sporting activities in the state capital, promising that Delta would come top at the NYG.
“Anything less than first position is not winning and we are prepared to win”.
He, however, expressed fear over age cheating during screening, calling for proper screening in order to ensure that overage athletes are not allowed to participate.
You all were witnesses to the school sports festival early this year, where we discovered and groomed most of the athletes we are taking to the Ilorin games”, the Delta sports administrator said.
The NYG begins on Monday, September 9, in Ilorin, where Delta State retained the trophy in the last edition and has won all previous editions of the games, which commenced in 2012. The fact remean that, we have selected our team from the abundant talents across the state.
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