{"id":235394,"date":"2025-09-05T12:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/2025-national-youth-games-team-abia-secure-more-medals\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:56:23","slug":"2025-national-youth-games-team-abia-secure-more-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2025-national-youth-games-team-abia-secure-more-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES: Team Abia Secure More Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-219059\">\n<div class=\"post-image-content\">\n<figure class=\"post-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"2025 NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES: Team <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>Secure More Medals&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg&#8221; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w&#8221; data-sizes=&#8221;auto&#8221; data-eio-rwidth=&#8221;1280&#8243; data-eio-rheight=&#8221;720&#8243;\/><noscript>Abia <\/a>Secure More Medals&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250904-WA0042.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px&#8221; data-eio=&#8221;l&#8221;\/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end.post-image-content --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- end .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Team <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>continue to show resilience and determination at the ongoing National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State, as they push to win laurels and bring glory to the state.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the team has amassed a total of 34 medals: 12 gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Weightlifting has contributed three gold medals, while Para-Table Tennis has produced one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals. A gold and silver medal came from scrabble, while Team <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>also struck gold in the girls\u2019 handball and boys\u2019 football events.<\/p>\n<p>In table tennis, the team secured two silver medals. Athletics delivered four medals in total \u2014 two silver and two bronze.<\/p>\n<p>In darts, Team <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>won one gold and one bronze medal, while Para-Powerlifting produced the same haul. The state also earned a silver medal and two bronze medals in taekwondo. In wrestling, the team added one bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>Among the latest medalists is Blessing Chukwunwengozi, who won silver in the -40kg class, while her teammate Victoria secured silver in the -32kg category.<\/p>\n<p>With these achievements, Team <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>have already surpassed their performance from last year\u2019s edition, where they finished 10th with 31 medals. 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