Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria’s Folashade Rafiatu Lawal on Sunday afternoon set a new Commonwealth Games record to win gold in the Women’s 59kg Weightlifting event in Birmingham reports Prime Business Africa.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe gold is Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in two days in the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games after Olarinoye Adenike Adijat on Saturday night won Nigeria’s first gold medal in the competition.
Adijat recorded 92kg in the 55kg women’s snatch event in Weightlifting to achieve the feat.
In the men’s category, weightlifter Edidiong Joseph Umoafia finishes third in the men’s 67kg to clinch bronze medal at the Games.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
