KEHINDE FAJOBI
Chioma Onyekwere has become the first ever Nigerian to win a gold medal in Discus at the Commonwealth Games.
Onyekwere threw a Season Best of 61.70 to win Gold in the women’s Discus event while Obiageri Amaechi clinched Bronze throwing 56.99m.
At the end of the Weightlifting event, Mary Taiwo Osijo clinched Bronze in women’s 87kg, lifting a total of 225kg from: Snatch, Clean & Jerk.
In total, Team Nigeria won a total of four medals on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games to push the county’s total medal to 8 with three gold, one silver and four bronze.
The country has however dropped to 10th place on the medals table as Australia maintains lead with a total of 86 medals – 34 gold, 24 silver and 28 bronze, while England are second with 27 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze with a total of 72 medals.
New Zealand are third with 24 medals – 13 gold, seven silver, and five bronze, while Canada and South Africa complete the top five.
