Nigeria’s Team medal haul has continued to increase at the ongoing 6th Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after Pamela Amaechi won silver in the final of the women’s discus event with a throw of 56.99 metres.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Kola Daniel, S.A Media, Office of the Director General, NSC on Tuesday.
She narrowly lost the Gold medal to Cameroon’s Nora Atim Monie, who had a throw of 57.04 metres, while Turkey’s Ozlem Becerek finished third with a throw of 55.56 metres.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Patience Okon-George has qualified for the final of the women’s 400m after an impressive second-place finish in one of the semi-finals with a time of 52.92 seconds.
The three-time National Champion will hope for a podium finish in the final of the Women’s 400m on Wednesday night at the Prince Faisal bin Fahad stadium.
She will compete alongside the likes of Morocco, Turkey, Niger, Uganda, Bahrain and Guyana for the Gold medal.
Nigeria’s Kure Samuel Adams will also compete for medals in the final of the men’s Javelin on Wednesday. With a personal best of 77.45m and a season best of 76.79m, Adam is confident of a podium finish in the final.
Team Nigeria also hopes for more medals when both the men’s and women’s 4 by 100m relay finals take place on Wednesday.
Nigeria has won a total of 17 medals so far, with 6 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 bronze medals.
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