Nigerian Roland Ezuruike, Esther Oyema, and Ndidi Nwosu on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, won gold medals in the Para-powerlifting events at the ongoing Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
No country had ever achieved such feat in the history of the game.
The News Agency Of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the duo of Paul Kehinde and Lucy Kehinde won silver medals each in the men and women’s events, respectively.
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 224.3 kg.
The silver medal went to his compatriot Kehinde who lifted 219.9 kg, while Ali Jawad lifted 182.7 kg 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 kg.
Also in the women’s heavyweight, Nwosu emerged tops with a lift of 110.4 kg to finish ahead of Louis Sudgen of England (89.2kg) and Joyce Njuguna of Kenya 89.0 kg.
Team Nigeria is now 10th in the overall medal standings.
