Team Rivers Sweeps Cycling Gold Medals

Team rivers cycling is one team that took time to prepare for the 17th national sports festival.

Ranging from the 6th Garden City Cycling competition in which ten states competed to tour du Niger delta in which about ten states also participated, the team contiued to maintain that it was all in prepartion for the national event and its already paying off as the team continues to sweep the gold medals of the event.

Our correspondent spoke with Emmanuel Onasanya, the chief coach of Cycling in the state and his joy knows no bounds.

“I feel great in this competition because I already have seven gold medals. Infact it is nine now but they have not declared it officially, the problem is that they are still trying to determine who took the second and third position in the event. It does not affect us, we already have the gold and it makes what we have nine and I still hope to get more.

The coach noted that this is the first time in cycling in Nigeria where a particular state is sweeping medals and there seems no stopping them.

“If you remember in April, we went to Calabar on Tour du Niger Delta and I said it that this tour will realy help my boys because it will have a lot of impact on their legs and it is reflecting in this festival and we are seeing the results. It has never happened before that either a hosting state or a particular state is just taking the gold medals consecutively. Seven at a time and out of the seven gold, no one crossed them, they are just winning the gold clearly. And sometimes gold and silver like in the 500meters and one kilometer pursuit.”

The coach is so excited at the achievement of his team and also hopes to get more medals.

“It marvels me, am Amazed. Currently we have seven gold, six silver and one bronze. The other two, we’ve counted it to the one we have already and its about nine now. Am looking forward to five more gold to make it fourteen out of the seventeen that we are fighting for.

We have really distinguished ourselves among the riders and we are happy about that.”