TEAM OYO FINISHES 5TH WITH 36 MEDALS AT 2ND NATIONAL PARA GAMES

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By Oluseyi Adedire
Twitter/Instagram: @oyosportsnews
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Team Oyo has finished fifth on the overall medals table at the 2023 National Para Games in Abuja, the federal capital territory.
The athletes amassed 36 medals — eleven gold, sixteen silver, and nine bronze — to rank fifth behind Bayelsa state, Abia state, Kano state and Lagos state at the end of the competition on Thursday.
Bayelsa state were clearly above the standings with a total of 74 medals, followed by Abia state (35 medals), Kano state (44 medals) and Lagos state (51 medals).
Team Oyo grabbed eleven gold medals in canoeing, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair basketball men and women categories, powerlifting, athletics, table tennis and cycling events.
BREAK-DOWN OF THE TEAM OYO MEDALS 

SWIMMING
Regina Friday won Silver medal in 50M Freestyle Women S6 Category.
Korede Moses won Silver medal in Men 50M Freestyle.
James Believe won Bronze medal in Men 50M Freestyle.
Regina Friday won Silver medal in Women 50M Backstroke S6 Category.
Regina Friday won Bronze medal in Women 50M Backstroke S5 Category.

CANOEING
Alayode Oluwatoyin won Gold medal in 200M Women KL1.
Adeleke Kolawole won Silver medal in 200M Men KL1.
Alayode Oluwatoyin won Gold medal in 500M Women KL1.
Adeleke Kolawole won Silver medal in 500M Men VL1.

ATHLETICS
Ikechuckwu Omenogor won Silver medal in Men F57 Javelin.
Salami Akeem won Silver medal in F40/41 Men shotput.

SWIMMING
Regina Friday won Silver medal in 150M individual Women Medley S5 Class.
Korede Moses won Silver medal in Men 150m individual Medley S5 class.

WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
Lucky Ajudua won gold medal in Men Quad event.
Williams Ukari and Promise Simeon won Gold medal in Men's Doubles.
Foluke Shodeinde and Chika Enwerem won Bronze medal in Women's Doubles.

CANOEING
Sulubon Byna won Bronze medal in 200M Women KL3.
Adeleke Kolawole won Bronze medal in 200M Men VL1.
Alayode Oluwatoyin won Bronze medal in 200M Women VL2.
Adeleke Kolawole won Silver medal in 500M Men KL1.

POWERLIFTING
Mimo Olabode lifts 140KG to win Gold medal in Men Class 49 Category.
Daramola Babatunde lifts 128KG to win Silver medal in Men Class 49 Category.

 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (MEN)
Team Oyo won Gold medal.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (WOMEN)
Team Oyo won Gold medal

WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
Foluke Shodeinde won Gold medal in Women single.
Williams Ukari won Silver medal in Men Single.


SWIMMING
Adeleye Ayomide won Bronze medal in 50M Freestyle Men Partial Blind.
Korede Moses, Regina Friday, Ayomide Adeleye and Olasunkanmi Maryam won Silver medal in 4x50M Mixed Relay.

POWERLIFTING
Toyosi Osewa lifts 123KG to win Silver medal in Women 55 Class Category.
Dauda Ibrahim lifts 170KG to win Gold medal in Men Class 59 Category.
Taiwo Akingbade lifts 145KG to win Bronze medal in Men Class 59 Category.
Kasim Oseni lifts 155KG to win Bronze medal in Men Class 72 Category.
Adeola Noah lifts 166Kg to win Silver medal in Men Class 65 Category.

ATHLETICS
Adebisi Abdulahi won Silver medal in Men 100M T12/T13.
Muinat Babalola won Bronze Medal in Women F40/41 Shotput.

KARATE
Joyce Otun won Bronze medal in Women Wheelchair Karate.

TABLE TENNIS
Soneye Oluwakemi won gold medal in Women Single Class 1&3 Category.
Tunde Adisa won Gold medal in Men single Class 9 Category.
Abiola Adesope won Silver medal in Men single Class 9 Category.

ATHLETICS
Miracle Olasehinde won Gold medal in Men 100M T45/46.
Edema Esther won Silver medal in Women 100M T45/46.
Edema Esther won Bronze Medal in Women F45/46 Long Jump.

CYCLING
Oyindamola Tijani won Gold medal in 4KM Men Pursuit B-Class Tandem.
Oyindamola Tijani won Silver medal in 500M Men Flying Start B-Class Tandem.
Oyindamola Tijani won Silver medal in 1KM Men Pursuit B-Class Tandem.
Ogunsola Joseph won Bronze medal in 500M Flying Start Men C1 Arm Amputation.

TABLE TENNIS
Tunde Adisa and Abiola Adesope won gold medal in Men Doubles Class 6-10.
Mayowa Balogun and Soneye Oluwakemi won Bronze medal in Women Doubles Class 1-5.

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