DELTA State has amassed 103 medals after day seven of the 22nd National Sports Festival tagged ‘Gateway Games’ in Ogun State, pulling clear of previous leader Bayelsa.
Delta has won 44 gold, 19 silver and 40 bronze, bringing the state’s total medal haul to 103.
The official medal table of the National Sports Festival shows that Bayelsa is in the second position with 33 gold, 23 silver and 23 bronze medals, totalling 79.
Meanwhile, Rivers State remains third with 26 gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals.
Team Ogun garnered 25 gold, 16 silver and 24 bronze medals to consolidate in the fourth position, while Oyo State has held on to the fifth with 14 gold, 17 silver and 21 bronze medals.
The table at Saturday evening showed that a total of 709 medals had so far been won.
Taraba is the latest state to join the medal table with one silver.
The National Sports Festival is a biennial multi-sport event organised by the Federal Government, bringing together athletes from the 36 states and the FCT to compete in various events.
State teams’ gold, silver and bronze medals and total
1. Delta: 44 19 40 103
2. Bayelsa: 33 23 23 79
3.Rivers: 26 21 26 73
4.Ogun: 25 16 24 65
5.Oyo: 16 17 21 54
6. Edo 14 48 45 107
7. Lagos : 11 11 25 47
8. Osun: 10 1 4 15
9. Abia: 6 8 21 35
10.Plateau : 4 3 11 18
11.Akwa Ibom: 4 3 4 11
12.FCT: 3 2 6 11
13.Cross River: 3 1 1 5
14.Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) 2 5 2 9
15. Anambra: 1 5 5 11
16.Imo: 1 4 7 12
17.Niger: 1 3 2 6
18.Kwara: 1 2 3 6
19.Nasarawa: 1 1 7 9
20. Kano: 0 3 6 9
21. Borno: 0 3 1 4
22.Benue: 0 1 6 7
23.Ekiti: 0 1 3 4
24. Ondo: 0 1 2 3
25. Bauchi: 0 1 1 2
26. Kaduna: 0 1 1 2
27. Taraba: 0 1 0 1
28. Kebbi: 0 0 1 1