Nigeria has so far won four Gold and four silver medals in the on-going Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Abdulazeez Ibrahim made it a clean sweep of gold medal for Team Nigeria in the Para-Powerlifting event on Tuesday as he emerged tops in the men’s heavyweight category at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
Ibrahim made a lift of 191.9kg to finish ahead among a field of 10 contestants.
The silver medal was won by Yee Khie Jong from Malaysia won lifted 188.7 kg, while India’s Sachin Chandhary won bronze with a 181.0kg effort.
Nigerian trio Roland Ezuruike, Esther Oyema and Ndidi Nwosu on Tuesday all won gold medals in the para-powerlifting events at the.
The duo of Paul Kehinde and Lucy Kehinde each won silver medals in the men and women’s events respectively.
Contesting in the men’s lightweight final, Ezuruike became the first Nigerian to claim a gold medal at this year’s edition with a lift of 224.3kg.
The silver medal went to his compatriot Kehinde who lifted 219.9kg while Ali Jawad lifted 182.7kg to win the bronze medal for England.
In the women’s lightweight, Onyema made a lift of 141.6kg to create a new world record.
Ejike claimed the silver medal with a lift of 134.1kg and Zoe Newson from England took the bronze medal with a lift of 106.1.
And in the women’s heavyweight, Nwosu emerged tops with a lift of 110.4kg to finish ahead of Louis Sudgen of England (89.2kg) and Joyce Njuguna of Kenya (89.0kg).
Team Nigeria has now won four gold and four silver medals and are now 10th in the overall medal standings.
