{"id":453010,"date":"2011-07-04T10:11:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T10:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T10:11:55","slug":"nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Sports Festival &#8211; Edo &#8216;Harvests&#8217; Gold Medals in Kung Fu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38.5320638477\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solomon Nwoke<\/p>\n<p>1 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The state contingent demonstrated its resolve to coming out tops at the end of the fiesta with some excellent performances by its athletes. Specifically, the state won 2 gold, 2silver and 1bronze medals in Kungfu as well as, 2 gold in darts Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, two of the state&#8217;s female cyclists qualified for the finals. Spokesperson of the Edo state team, Precious Ijeoma said, although they were not happy with the accommodation given them, they were ready to excel. &#8216;We from Edo state perceive the Aminu Kano hostel in Choba park, allocated to us as a means of destabilising us. Even our physically challenged athletes can not come out of their hostels without help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ijeoma criticised the games organisers for approving the place for athletes. &#8220;The environment is so dirty,with bushes all over, no light, no water, it is so bad that eight persons are camped in one room both athletes and officials without fan, but we cannot be deterred. &#8216;I wonder why the Local Organising Committee of the Garden City Games certified such a place that is not habitable.<\/p>\n<p>The building has stagnant water in its surroundings and that breeds mosquitoes. Some of our athletes are already falling sick. It is frustrating especially because some of our athletes had to go for competition this morning without bathing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ijeoma, however, reiterated their determination to do well, their condition notwithstanding.. &#8220;We are determined to win this competition no matter the tricks employed to disarm us psychologically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107040878.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo 'Harvests' Gold Medals in Kung Fu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Sports Festival &#8211; Edo &#8216;Harvests&#8217; Gold Medals in Kung Fu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Solomon Nwoke 1 July 2011 Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday. The state contingent demonstrated its resolve to coming out tops at the end of the fiesta with some excellent performances by its athletes. Specifically, the state won 2 gold, 2silver and 1bronze medals in Kungfu as well as, 2 gold in darts Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo &#039;Harvests&#039; Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo &#039;Harvests&#039; Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Solomon Nwoke 1 July 2011 Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday. The state contingent demonstrated its resolve to coming out tops at the end of the fiesta with some excellent performances by its athletes. Specifically, the state won 2 gold, 2silver and 1bronze medals in Kungfu as well as, 2 gold in darts Wednesday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria: Sports Festival &#8211; Edo &#8216;Harvests&#8217; Gold Medals in Kung Fu\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-04T10:11:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo 'Harvests' Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-04T10:11:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo 'Harvests' Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo 'Harvests' Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Solomon Nwoke 1 July 2011 Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday. The state contingent demonstrated its resolve to coming out tops at the end of the fiesta with some excellent performances by its athletes. Specifically, the state won 2 gold, 2silver and 1bronze medals in Kungfu as well as, 2 gold in darts Wednesday.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Nigeria: Sports Festival &#8211; Edo &#8216;Harvests&#8217; Gold Medals in Kung Fu","datePublished":"2011-07-04T10:11:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/","name":"Nigeria: Sports Festival - Edo 'Harvests' Gold Medals in Kung Fu - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg","datePublished":"2011-07-04T10:11:55+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/nigeria-sports-festival-edo-harvests-gold-medals-in-kung-fu\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}