Team Rivers Fortifies Preparation For 2021 NYG

As the 2021 edition of the National Youth Games (NYG) draws close, Team Rivers athletes have continued to fortify their preparation for the completion which is scheduled to hold in llorin, Kwara State.
Coach of the Rivers State Weight Lifting Association, Eli Oyonomunede, has said that preparation is in top gear for his athletes as they are in high spirit and are determined to do the state proud when the competition gets underway.
“My weightlifters are set and are ready for the task ahead, they have been training all this while, it is now time to show the stuff they are made of, he said.
.I urged the athletes to keep doing what they do, and not to relent in their efforts to ensure a favourable outing in Ilorin, come next month. 
According to him, the team now waits for a camping to further strengthen their  preparation made so far, for the competition which is expected to hold next month.
Meanwhile,  this years’s NYG, competition is scheduled to hold tnext month in Kwara State.
It would be recalled that the host state would be organising the festival for the fourth time now, as it has  a straight five hosting right to the completion.
Teams Rivers clinched 10 in the last edition, while Delta, Lagos and Edo cart home, first, second and third position respectively.