Mother and daughter win big for Lagos at National Sports Festival

• The 2024 National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Gateway Games,’ is underway, with events being held astatine assorted designated venues
• Mother and girl some won medals for Lagos State successful antithetic value categories
• Florence, 15, earned a metallic medal successful the 59kg value class

Ronke Olarinoye and her daughter, Florence Olarinoye, won medals for Lagos State successful the weightlifting lawsuit astatine the ongoing 2024 National Sports Festival successful Ogun State connected Monday, May 19.

Ronke claimed golden successful the women’s 45kg value people with a assistance of 65kg and secured bronze successful the full (140kg), finishing 2nd wide successful her category. Esther Amarachi Chijoke of the Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) captured 2 golden medals successful the Clean and full with a assistance of 82kg and 146kg respectively

Her 15-year-old daughter, Florence, earned a metallic medal successful the 59kg value class.

Florence Olarinoye wins metallic medal successful the women's 59kg weightlifting people astatine the 2024 National Sports Festival successful Ogun state. Photo by: @Ogalamedia
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She competed against Commonwealth Games champion Rafiatu Lawal, who featured astatine the 2024 Olympic Games.

She had antecedently won 3 golden medals astatine the 2023 National Youth Games successful Asaba, Delta State, and a bronze astatine the 2022 National Sports Festival.

Both weightlifters are related to the aggregate African Champion/Commonwealth Games Champion Adijat Olarinoye. Adijat volition not beryllium competing astatine the ongoing NSF.

Adeniyi praises Olarinoye household arsenic fighters

Sports writer Muyiwa Adeniyi has described the Olarinoye household arsenic a shining illustration of determination and resilience.

Speaking successful an exclusive chat with Legit.ng, Adeniyi said Ronke and her girl Florence, person shown that impossibility means nothing.

He urged sports authorities to enactment families similar theirs, who sacrifice truthful overmuch for their authorities and country. He said:

“I privation to congratulate Madam Ronke and her girl for penning their names successful the past books. During the 2023 National Youth Games successful Delta State, I watched Florence triumph 3 golden medals and wondered wherever she got her inspiration from.

Gold medalist Adijat Olarinoye during the medal presumption of the women's 55kg weightlifting people astatine the 2022 Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham. Photo by: Bradley Collyer.
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“I aboriginal discovered she is related to Commonwealth Games champion Adijat Olarinoye and trains with her successful Lagos. Seeing her parent vie and triumph golden and bronze medals says a batch astir the family’s spot and commitment.“I anticipation the authorities authorities places this young miss connected a assistance truthful she tin afloat absorption connected her weightlifting career. She’s lone 15 and has the imaginable to marque Nigeria proud.“Hopefully, the National Sports Commission adopts her into their improvement programme and nurtures her for the 2032 Olympic Games successful Australia. I’m assured she’ll correspond the state successful respective planetary tournaments earlier then, including the African Games and the Commonwealth Games.”

Kizz Daniel's bouncer participates successful weightlifting competition

Legit.ng earlier reported that Music prima Kizz Daniel's bouncer Kelvin Power, whose existent sanction is Kelvin Atobiloye was seen participating successful a weightlifting contention successful a video helium shared connected his societal media timeline.

A clip showed him carrying a 250kg value amid applause and cheers from the spectators.

The heftily built bouncer precocious made headlines aft helium was spotted pulling a large motortruck with a enactment successful Calabar.

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Source: Legit.ng