Lagos based athlete Sanyaolu Adeola on Saturday won four gold medals in 100m, 200m, 100mH and 4x100m relay categories at the just concluded MTN Championship series held in Ibadan, Oyo state.
Adeola who participated at the U-20 category became a cynosure of eyes after she rose over all hurdles to dominate in different four categories.
She finished her 100mH race on the clock of 15.05s, 200m ended on 25.04s, outran others to win the 100m with 12.35s and 4x100m relay with 47.84s.
Elated by her feat, she admitted that she did not never expected winning four medals in the competition.
“I was very happy because I was not expecting it at all but I also give thanks to my coach for giving me this opportunity to come to this competition.
She extolled her coach, Mr. Femi Daramola who represented the country at continental level in 4 nation tourney in Ghana in 2000 for his unwavering support toward her career.
“The impact of my coach on my development is a lot. He saw me during an inter-house sports school competition. Then, he encouraged me to join his club and did not charge me anything,” she said.
She narrated her journey into sports, saying initially it was not a stroll in the park owing to her parent’s lack of interest in doing sports.
However, she said her parents gave their nod to her athletic career after the intervention of her coach.
“When I started it was not easy, I had backlash with my mum and dad but I tried to convince them with the help of my coach and they are in support of what I do now,” she said.