Complete List of Team Nigeria’s Medal Winners, Sports and Events as at Sunday 07/08/2022 As at the end of the penultimate day of actions at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Team Nigeria amassed a total of 12 Gold, 9 Silver and 14 Bronze Medals, bringing the numbers to a total of 35 medals. Find below […]
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Adijat Adenike Olarinoye and Rafiatu Folashade Lawal, 2 gold medalists and record breakers in Weightlifting at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games just got rewarded with a 2022 hydroconquest longines wrist watch, Special and Limited Edition. Worth: £2,000 (N1.6M). This stylish and exclusive timepiece is limited to 2,022 pieces and pays tribute to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth […]
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Another medal for Team Nigeria as weightlifter Yusuf Islamiyat Adebukola a 19 year old won in the women’s 64kg category by lifting 93kg in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk: 113kg, 116kg, 119kg with total result of 212kg Nigeria has won 2 Gold, 2 Bronze in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Monday’s bronze medal is the […]
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Umoafia Edidiong Joseph wins Bronze in the Men’s 67KG category. Umoafia lifted 130kg in the snatch, 160kg in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 290kg. Edidiong Umoafia67kg of Men’s WeightliftingBronzeSnatch – 130kgClean & Jerk – 160kgTotal – 290kg
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Weightlifter Olarinoye Adenike Adijat wins Nigeria first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Olarinoye recorded 92kg in the 55kg women’s snatch event in Weightlifting. India’s Sorokhaniban lfter settled for the silver, while England’s Fraer settled for the bronze. Olarinoye’s victory threw the Team Nigeria camp into jubilation after the other Nigerian lifters […]
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Team Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games turned out in glamour, pomp and pageantry during the opening ceremony of the Games in Birmingham on Thursday. Led by the flagbearers, Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper and Oluwafemiayo Folashade as well as Mike Edwards, the athletes looked radiant and ready for the tasks ahead of them in the simple but […]
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There is no doubt that Nigeria’s men team is the team to watch out for in Birmingham. Apart from their antecedents in the games, they have some of the finest players from Africa led by world number 12 Quadri Aruna. Listed as the number two seed in the men’s team event for the games,Aruna and […]
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Nine Nigeria weightlifters have qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games weightlifting event holding in Bermignham, England in July The nine lifters are made up of 7 women and 2 men. Their qualifications were confirmed in the March 1st, 2022 International Weightlifting Federation, IWF Ranking. In the ranking released, Adịjat Adenike Olarinoye was ranked first in […]
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