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Nigerian Weightlifter, Islamiyat Yusuf has won the fourth medal for the country at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games holding in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Yusuf clinched the bronze medal in the women’s weightlifting 64kg event after lifting a combined total of 212kg from both the Snatch, Clean & Jerk.
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Maude Charron representing Canada won the gold medal while Sarah Cochrane from Australia finished second to win the silver medal.
Monday’s bronze medal is the fourth medal for Nigeria in the weightlifting event where the country had earlier won two gold and another bronze medal.
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All Nigeria’s medals so far have come from weightlifting.
Yusuf’s bronze feat means Team Nigeria remains in the ninth position with two gold and two bronze medals
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