Having initially been pushed to the third spot by South Africa, Nigeria bounced back with one gold, three silver and one bronze medal in Thursday's outing to take their total tally to 60.
Having initially been pushed to the third spot by South Africa, Nigeria bounced back with one gold, three silver and one bronze medal in Thursday's outing to take their total tally to 60.Having initially been pushed to the third spot by South Africa, Nigeria bounced back with one gold, three silver and one bronze medal in Thursday's outing to take their total tally to 60.
A thrilled Osijo praised her coach who instructed her to finish all her six attempts without any default. "I feel excited and am very happy. My coach always said my six attempts are very important and I got all my six attempts," Osijo told the NWF media team.
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