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Chukwuma Gives Team Nigeria First Youth Olympics Gold Medal - Gimbiya - 10-17-2018 Rosemary Chukwuma has given Team Nigeria their first gold medal at the ongoing 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina as she returned 11.17 seconds in the women‘s 100m final event, yesterday. Julien Alfred from Santa Lucia took silver, while Gabriela Anahi Suarez from Ecuador got bronze. The Commonwealth bronze medalist is the most experienced athlete in Team Nigeria contingent, having featured in the recently concluded African Senior Athletics Championships held in Asaba, where she alongside Olympic medalist, Blessing Okagbare, Tobi Amusan and Joy Udo-Gabriel clinched the gold medal in the women’s 4x100m. In an exclusive telephone interview with LEADERSHIP sports from Buenoe Aires, Chukwuma said despite her poor start, she was encourage to do the nation proud by her teammates and officials. “I won my first heat by 12.03 seconds, which was poor compare to my personal best of 11.40 seconds. So, I was afraid but thank God, I put my mind to the race because my teammates and officials encouraged me not to be deterred. “Since Nigeria has not won any medal, I was determine to win it for Nigeria and thank God, I did,’’ she stated. She described the victory as a dream come through. “Honestly I feel so happy because winning a gold medal in Olympic Games is a dream comes true for me. “I want to believe that my achievement here in the Youth Olympic Games is the greatest motivation and encouragement I could give myself because for me to have achieved this, I believe I can achieve whatever I want to achieve in life.” Before the youth games, the youngster who is under Kids and Play Club was also at the ECOWAS U-20 Games in Cape Coast, Ghana where she finished 2nd in the 100m and 3rd in the 200m final before winning another Silver medal in the 4x100m