Izuchukwu OkosiTeam Nigeria’s medal rush at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham was enhanced Thursday night as the country’s Women’s Para Powerlifting and Para Discuss stars won Gold and Silver medals in their respective categories.
In the Para Discuss event Nwachukwu Chiemerie won Gold and set a new world record in the Women’s Para Discuss throw.
In the Women’s Para Powerlifting event, the duo of Folashade Oluwafemiayo and Bose Omolayo won Gold and Silver respectively.
Oluwafemiayo was completely dominant and consequently broke the world record with her last lift.
The cheering news comes after the track and field stars who participated in the 400m Men’s Semis failed to reach the podium on Wednesday night.
Big Brother Naija Season 4 runner up housemate, Michael Edwards who represented the country in the High Jump finished in a disappointing 6th place on Wednesday.
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.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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