On Day 7, Team Nigeria won five medals to reinstate their laurel rush at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Folashade Oluwafemiayo clinched the gold medal in the women’s heavyweight para powerlifting event on Thursday evening.
She also broke the world record after lifting 130, 150, and 155 kilograms to score a cumulative 123.4 points.
Another Nigerian Omolayo Bose Patricia won the silver medal in the same category.
Similarly, Nigeria’s Obichukwu Ikechukwu secured a silver medal in the para powerlifting event in the men’s heavyweight category.
Nwachukwu Goodness claimed a gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s E42.44/61.64 discus throw at the games.
She also set a world record with her throw of 36.56m.
The victories have increased Nigeria’s medal tally at the games to 13.
Nigerian contingent will be hoping to repeat the performance when activities of Day 8 commence with Chukwuebuka Enekwechi competing in the shot put final.
Ruth Usoro will also contest in the women’s triple jump final while Tobi Amusan will begin her campaign in Birmingham with the 100 meters hurdles heat.
BELOW IS THE FULL SCHEDULE FOR TEAM NIGERIA FOR DAY 8
MORNING SESSION
Table Tennis
Mixed doubles – round of 16
Bode Abiodun/ Bello Fatima (Nigeria) vs Luu Finn/ Liu Yangzi (Australia)
Time: 9:30 am
Mixed doubles – round of 16
Omotayo Olajide/ Ojomu Ajoke (Nigeria) vs Ghanasekaran Sathiyan/ Batra Manika (India)
Time: 9:30 am
Para table tennis
Women’s singles classes 6-10 – semi-final
Faith Obazuaye Gloria (Nigeria) vs Lia Na Lei (Australia)
Time: 10:10 am
Men’s singles classes 8-10 — semi-final
Tajudeen Agunbiade (Nigeria) vs Lin Ma (Australia)
Time: 10:10 am
Women’s singles classes 3 – 5 — semi-final
Ifechukwude Ikpeoyi (Nigeria) vs Sonalben Manubhai Patel (India)
Time: 10:10 am
Men’s singles classes 3 – 5 — semi-final
Isau Ogunkunle (Nigeria) vs Jack Hunter-Spivey (England)
Time: 10:10 am
Men’s singles classes 3 – 5 — semi-final
Nasiru Sule (Nigeria) vs Raj Aravindan Alagar (India)
Time: 10:10 am
Women’s singles — round of 16
Offiong Edem (Nigeria) vs Jian Fang Lay (Australia)
Time:10:45 am
Men doubles – round of 16
Abiodun Bode/ Aruna Quadri (Nigeria) vs Pang Yew Koen/ Quek Izaac (Singapore)
Time: 11:25 am
Wrestling
Women’s freestyle – quarter-final
Blessing Oborodudu (Nigeria) vs Blandine Ngiri (Cameroon)
Category: 68 kg
Time: 10:30 am
Women’s freestyle – quarter-final
Esther Kolawole (Nigeria) vs Sachini Weraduwage (Sri Lanka)
Category: 62 kg
Time: 10:30 am
Men’s freestyle – quarter-final
Ekerekeme Agiomor (Nigeria) vs Alexander Moore (Canada)
Category: 86 kg
Time: 10:30 am
Women’s freestyle – quarter-final
Odunayo Adekuoroye (Nigeria) vs Veronica Ayo (Uganda)
Category: 57 kg
Time: 10:30 am
Athletics
Women’s 100m hurdles – round 1 – heat 3
Tobi Amusan
Time:10:45 am
Men’s 4 x 400m relay – round 1 – heat 1
Nigeria
Time: 11:35 am
Women’s long jump – qualifying round – group A
Ese Brume and Ruth Usoro
Time: 11:47 am
EVENING SESSION
Athletics
Men’s shot put – final
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
Time: 7 pm
Men’s 200m – semi-final
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli, Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike, Alaba Akintola
Time: 7 pm
Women’s 400m – semi-final 1
Patience Okon George
Time: 7:35 pm
Women’s 200m – semi-final 1
Favour Ofili
Time: 8:15 pm
Women’s triple jump – final
Ruth Usoro
Time: 8:30 pm
Men’s 400m – semi-final
Dubem Aneme, Sikiru Adeyemi, Samson Nathaniel
Time: 9 pm
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