Commonwealth Games: Olarinoye wins Nigeria's first gold medal in Birmingham
Adjat Adenike Olarinoye won a gold medal in the under-55kg women’s weightlifting event.
After two days of competition, Nigeria entered the medals table after Adjat Adenike Olarinoye won a gold medal in the under-55kg women’s weightlifting event.
Her total lift was 203 kg comprising 92kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk.
The gold medal puts Nigeria as joint ninth along with Trinida & Tobago, Bermuda and Uganda.
In the weightlifting event, India’s Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam won the silver medal while the bronze went to Fraer Morrow of England.
Vanguard Newspapers