13th All African Games: Nigeria finish second as championship ends

Team Nigeria finished second on the medal table as the 13th African Games in Ghana came to an end.

Team Nigeria displayed sporting excellence to rake in 47 gold, 33 silver, and 40 bronze medals across 25 sports at the competition.

Weightlifting was Nigeria’s forte, as it produced the country’s highest medal haul. The team garnered 32 medals: 16 gold, 10 silver, and six bronze medals.

Athletics was Nigeria’s second-most productive sport at the Games, with 22 medals won.

Tobi Amusan won her third consecutive African Games gold medal in the women’s 100-metre hurdles.

She then anchored the women’s 4×100 metres team to a gold medal. Ese Brume retained her crown in the women’s long jump, while Chukwuebuka Enekwechi reigned supreme in the men’s shot put.

Blessing Oborududu and Odunayo Adekuoroye were pristine as wrestling earned Nigeria 11 medals.

Nigeria won eight gold medals in a day in boxing, while arm wrestling also produced 13 medals.

Team Nigeria’s medal haul is only bested by Egypt, which had 189 medals, comprising 101 gold, 46 silver, and 42 bronze.

South Africa occupied the third spot with 106 medals (32 gold, 32 silver, and 42 bronze), as Algeria ranked the fourth-best country at the event in Ghana with 114 medals (29 gold, 38 silver, and 47 bronze).

Tunisia completed the Top 4 with 87 medals (21 gold, 27 silver, and 39 bronze), while Ghana, despite a poor start to the event, finished in sixth place with 19 gold, 29 silver, and 20 bronze medals.

Cairo, Egypt, will host the next edition of the African Games in 2027.