NSF Day 8: Delta maintains lead with 122 medals

Delta won 52 gold, 23 silver and 47 bronze, bringing the state’s total medals to 122.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bayelsa is second with 37 gold, 26 silver and 25 bronze medals, totalling 88.

Meanwhile,  Ogun displaced Rivers in the third position after the host state scooped more medals.

Ogun currently has 30 gold, 19 silver and 29 bronze with a total of 78 medals, closely followed by Rivers, who has 28 gold, 22 silver and 27 bronze

NAN also reports Team Edo, which was sixth on Saturday, has climbed up one step to displace Oyo in the fifth position.

The new number five has 23 gold, 54 silver and 53 bronze medals.

The table at the time of filing this report showed that a total of 838 medals have so far been won.

NAN reports that Team Jigwa is the latest state to join the medals table with one bronze

The NSF is a biennial multi-sport event organised by the Federal Government.

It brings together athletes from all 36 states and the FCT to compete in various sports, promoting national unity, sportsmanship, and excellence across Nigeria.

STATE TEAM                           GOLD         SILVER             BRONZE                TOTAL

1. Delta                                          52                  23                      47                      122

2. Bayelsa                                      37                26                       25                        88

3.Ogun                                           30                 19                      29                       78

4.Rivers                                          28                 22                      27                       77

5.Edo                                             23                54                       53                      130

6. OYO                                            19                 20                     23                       62

7. Lagos                                         15                 15                     30                         60

8. Osun                                           11                   1                     5                         17

9. Abia                                              8                    9                    22                        39

10. Akwa Ibom                               6                    4                     7                         17

11.Plateau                                        4                    4                      15                       23

12.FCT                                                3                   4                       8                       15

13.Kwara                                           3                    4                        3                        10

14.Cross River                                   3                   1                        1                         5

15. Invited Junior Athletes(IJA)     2                  5                          4                        11

16.Anambra                                        1                    6                        5                      12

17.Imo                                                  1                     5                        8                       14

18.Kano                                                1                    5                        7                       13

19.Niger                                              1                      4                         2                       7

20. Nasarawa                                     1                   1                          7                         9

21. Ekiti                                                1                    1                          3                         5

22.Borno                                              0                  3                          1                          4

23.Enugu                                              0                 2                           1                         3

24. Benue                                             0                 1                           6                       7

25. 0ndo                                               0                   1                            2                     3

26. Bauchi                                           0                   1                            1                       2

27. Kaduna                                          0                    1                            1                      2

28.  Taraba                                           0                   1                              0                       1

29.   Jigawa                                         0                     0                             0                       1

30.    Kebbi                                           0                      0                            1                       1

TOTAL.                                                250              243                          345                    838

NAN