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Nigeria’s Paralympian Nwachukwu Chiemerie and Folashade Oluwafemiayo grabbed 2 gold medals in Para Discus and Para Powerlifting respectively, while Bose Omolayo and Nnamdi Innocent added silver and bronze medals to increase the country”s haul to 12 in total at the ongoing Commonwealth games holding in Birmingham.
Chiemerie delivered Nigeria’s fourth gold medal spectacularly; breaking the world record twice before claiming the top prize.
The 23-year-old, Nigeria’s sole competitor in the Women’s Discus Throw F42-44/61-64 event, was way better than her challengers; setting new records with her first two throws.
Nwachukwu before now was the F42 World Record holder with the best mark of 33.35m but on Thursday she improved on that distance with her first throw of 34.84m which she further improved upon with a throw of 36.56m.
Earlier, Oluwafemiayo, on her part, clinched gold in the women’s heavyweight powerlifting event setting another World record,
She also broke the world record after lifting 130, 150, and 155 kilograms to score a cumulative 123.4 points on Thursday evening, while Omolayo Bose Patricia won the silver medal in the same category to bring the country’s medal haul to twelve in Birmingham.
Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Favour Ofili will today battle to qualify for the Women’s 200m final at the ongoing Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The Nigerian athlete finished tops in the heats as she finished with 22:87seconds.
She beats Gambia’s Gina Bass and Asimenye Simwaka of Malawi to the first place.
Ofili in lane 5 will be competing with Veronica Pereira, Chalottee Wingfield, Gina Bass, Natallian Whyte, Hannah Brier, Abi Galpin, and Jacinta Beecher.
Nigeria’s 4×400m relay men will also be competing Friday in Round 1 Heat 1 against Papua New Guinea, Jamaica, Botswana, and Singapore.
In the women’s Over 70kg-75kg Middleweight Boxing event, Jacinta Umunnakwe is at least guaranteed a medal, after progressing to the semifinal without throwing a punch.
Umunnakwe was awarded a walkover win against Tonga’s Mele Ula.
The team is currently occupying the 10th position but hopes of winning more medals could change this before Friday 5th of August runs out.