28th November, 2012
Oyeronke Adeyi, Gymnastics Captain of Team Lagos to the 18th National Sports Festival, said that they are concerned of threats from arch-rivals, Team Edo, but hoped that they would win.
Adeyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that they would rely on their level of training and experiences to beat their Edo counterparts. Gymanstics events will hold from 29 November to 5 December at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos
“Edo State is our major fear in clinching most of the medals in gymnastics, but I want to trust that our preparations are adequate to give us an edge over them,” she said.
Adeyi recalled that Team Lagos clinched 18 gold medals and a bronze in gymnastics at the 17th edition of the festival, tagged “Garden City Games’’ in Port Harcourt in 2011.
She said that they will be participating in the vault, beam, floor routine, pummel horse, parallel bar, high bars and unbars in the male and female categories.
On the situation at the University of Lagos Games Village, Adeyi said that “the experience is fascinating, but the hall is not neat.
“But in spite of the fact that we are not happy that we were not given new mattresses like other states, we will all the same cope with it and hope for the best’’.
The other Games Villages are at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Yaba and the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka.