Nigeria Taekwondo Alegu Solomon wins Bronze as Miracle Andrew lost out in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Youth Games in Angola…

Alegu Solomon settled for a Bronze medal, losing to Egyptian Aly Amr Sahed in the Semi-finals clash of the -59 kg category of the ongoing Africa Youth Games in Angola.

Alegu Solomon had earlier defeated Zimbabwe Terrance Mpero in the quarter-finals earlier in the day..

Speaking to NTF Media Team, Solomon declared that he was happy at least getting a medal for the Nation and he is extremely grateful for the experience.

“I must thank everyone for their support towards me. I went in confidence for the bout, but I narrowly lost to my opponent from Tunisia, but I am not coming home empty-handed”

“It`s a proud moment for me and to Nigeria my country, I will now build on this experience for future competition ahead of me”

In the -59Kg Female category, Miracle Andrew defeated Jessica Mensah of Ghana before losing to Yasmine Haouani of Tunisia in the quarter finals.