Commonwealth Games: Chioma Reacts After Clinching Nigeria’s 3rd Gold Medal In Birmingham

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An American-born Nigerian athlete Chioma Onyekwere is in great awe as she became the first Nigerian woman in history to win a gold medal in the Discus at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom.

Chioma Onyekwere in a great feeling took to her Twitter account @cicionyekwere to express her excitement. She tweeted; ‘allow me to reintroduce myself! Commonwealth champion!

Also at the event, Obiageri Amechi also got on the podium, clinching the bronze medal.

Having been winning multiple continental titles, this is the first title Onyekwere will be winning outside Africa. The reigning African champion threw a Season’s Best (SB) of 61.70m to usurp England’s Jade Lally who led with her first-round throw of 57.33m

The African champion was trailing after three attempts, and although she was in a medal position in 2nd place, it was evident that she could sense an opening was coming. It did come and she grabbed the opportunity, heaving a long and hard throw for a new SB.

Her performance inspired Amechi too, and she threw something big as well, moving from 7th place into third which she held on to, leaving the competition with a medal.

This has increased Nigeria’s medal hauls to 8 in total. Below is Nigeria’s medal haul so far;

1. Olarinoye Adenike Adijat – 🏅 Gold in the women’s 55kg weightlifting
2. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia –🏅 Gold in men’s 67kg Weightlifting
3. Rafiatu Folashade Lawal – 🥉 Bronze in women’s 59kg Weightlifting
4. Islamiyat Adebukola – 🥉 Bronze in women’s 64kg weight lifting
5. Taiwo Laidi – 🥈 Silver in women’s 76kg weightlifting
6. Mary Taiwo Osijo – 🥉Bronze in women’s 87kg weightlifting
7. Chioma Onyekwere – 🏅 Gold in women’s discus
8. Obiageri Amechi – 🥉 Bronze in women’s discus

Oyinlola Awonuga
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Oyinlola Awonuga is a trained journalist with skill-set and experience in content curation, content creation, and management across various digital channels . Awonuga is passionate about Entertainment, Style, Fashion and Sports as niche specialties, and she is involved in consistent engagements on various social media platforms, with steady followers online. Her works have also received appreciable recognition from Media Career Development Network, and at her spare time, she monitors developments and reports on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. She loves reading, tracking updates on Entertainment, Style and Sports, and staying abreast of global digital developments.

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