A bunch of cyclists during a competition
Smith had beaten his Bayelsa and Rivers states opponents to the gold but with his disqualification, Bayelsa was upgraded to the gold while Rivers which was third was given the silver and Plateau was upgraded from fourth to bronze.
Former Lagos state chief coach Joseph Izibili, who expressed his disappointment at the development said it was as “a result of carelessness”. In yesterday’s events, Bayelsa and Rivers states won the gold medals in the men’s and women’s Indivudual Team Trials .
Rosemary Marcus of Rivers state took the gold in the Female Individual Team Trial with a time of 12 mins 37.4secs while the silver and bronze medals went to Caroline Dung of Plateau state and Yekeen Tawakalt of Oyo state respectively.
The Male Individual Time Trials gold medal went to Bayelsa state’s Kurotimi Abaka, Innocent Emmanuel of Rivers state took the silver while Ajibade Quadri of Oyo state got the bronze.
Meanwhile after six days of comepetition in cycling, Rivers state tops the medals table with eight gold medals while Bayelsa has garnered three gold medals with Delta state having one gold.
Competition continues today with the 500m for men and women. The last event, the point race holds tomorrow.
