The Argentina 2018 Modern Pentathlon Youth Olympic Games qualifiers and the Senior African Championship ended in Lagos at the weekend with South Africa topping the medals table with three gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
Luke Bradly, Rhys Poovan and Alida Vander Marwe were responsible for South Africa’s gold medals while Jean Fanantwerpen, Bradly Luke and Vroon Amanda Lee accounted for the silver medals. South Africa’s only bronze medal was won by Alexander Shliman in the mens’ Laser Run category of the championship.
Host country, Nigeria, finished second behind South Africa with two medals, a gold and a bronze.
President of the Nigeria Modern Pentathlon Federation, Chief Jonathan Nnaji commended Nigerian athletes for putting up a good fight in the competition.
He noted that modern pentathlon is a new sport in the country but expressed happiness with the progress made so far and acknowledged the Engr. Habu Gumel led Nigeria Olympic Committee and the Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung for their support.