Team Ogun Wins Gold in Wheelchair Basketball Final at Gateway Games 2024

By: Israel Adeleke, Olufemi Orunsola 

In a victorious move that further adds to her medals tally in the ongoing National Sports Festival, the host state, Ogun, has won the gold medal in another para-sports, the wheelchair basketball final match.

OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that Team Ogun has a commanding 8-1 victory over Team Oyo in the mixed wheelchair Basketball final at the ongoing Games.

OTN News further repoets that Team Ogun took landslide control of the game, applying relentless offensive pressures, maintaining a rock-solid defence even as their pace, precision, and tactical execution kept the crowd on the edge of their seats.

The gold medal-winning team, comprised: Bailey Segun, Adetayo Kehinde, Adedeji Jumoke, and Obagbami Folashade, delivered a stellar performance marked by cohesive teamwork that left Team Oyo with little room to respond.

As the final buzzer sounded, there was wild jubilations and frenzied celebration as both the para-sports athletes, spectators, and other stakeholders from the host state burst into an electric mood, over the team's para-sports triumph.