At the seventh National Youth Games, or NYG, now taking place in Asaba, Delta State, Kogi State has taken home five bronze medals.
Tennis and judo competitions produced the five bronze medals.
In the 32kg girls category of the Judo competition, eleven-year-old Marvellous Duru and tennis singles competitor Ize Sezuo both took home bronze medals for Kogi.
After falling to the representative of Bayelsa State in the second round, Marvellous Duru overcame Judokas from the states of Bauchi, Plateau, and Ogun.
After losing her semifinal match to Aishat of Lagos State by a score of 3-0, Ize Sezuo took home the bronze medal in the girls singles division.
