After another exciting day across the various venues at the ongoing National Sports Festival, Day 3 official medals table shows Bayelsa state leading the pack with a total of six gold medals , two silver and one bronze medals.
They are closely followed by Oyo State with a total of six medals, out of which four are gold ,one silver and one bronze medals. Lagos are next on the table after Tuesday”s round of Games with three gold , four silver and three bronze medals.
Cross River are fourth on the table with only three gold medals while Rivers State completes the top five with 2 Gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.
The Invited Junior Athletes, IJA, are surely punching above their weights occupying the 6th position with two gold medals , one silver and one bronze medals
Defending champion and games’ favourite, Delta State are in distance 7th with just one gold, one silver and one bronze medals.
A total of 71 medals have been won so far at of which 23 are gold , 23 are silver and 25 are bronze medals as the festival begins to build more momentum in terms of excitement, competition and quality.
The Director General of the National Sports commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade has appealed to Journalists covering the Games to always access the state of the medals table from the official table of the Commission rather than unverified self-generated table seen on the internet.
Actions continue on Wednesday, 21st of May at the various Sports venues as we await more competitive drama at the games.
