The duo of Eucharia Iyiazi and Ugochi Alam won gold and bronze respectively in the women’s F55-57 Shot Put final at the ongoing Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday to increase Nigeria medal haul to 30.
Both athletes’ efforts moved Team Nigeria up to seventh place in the medal standings with nine gold, eight silver and 13 bronze.
Iyiazi threw a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.03m to win the gold medal for Nigeria.
Also, Alam grabbed bronze with a throw of 9.30m to make it first and third for the country.
The silver medal went to Cameroon’s Arlette Fokoa.
Meanwhile, Esther Isa and Temitope Adeshina competed in the women’s High Jump final, finishing ninth and 10th respectively.
Both athletes jumped an identical height of 1.81m, which was not good enough for a podium finish.
Meanwhile, In athletics, Team Nigeria has reached the final of the 4x400m in both the male and female categories.
In the male category, Nigeria finished top of the heat with a time of 38.85 seconds while the female team finished their race in 42.57 seconds.