Nigeria’s Chioma Onyekwere has clinched a historic win in women’s discus gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The 28-year-old US born Nigerian became the first athlete from the West African nation to win gold in discus with a seasonal best throw of 61.70m while Obiageri Amaechi claimed bronze in 56.99m. England’s Jade Lally was sandwiched by the Nigerians in second place.
Onyekwere moved into the lead with a monster throw in the fourth round and never looked back while Amaechi sealed her bronze in the penultimate round. It is the biggest title of her career which has also seen her win the Africa Championships title in Asaba, Delta State in 2018 as well as the African Games crown in Morocco in 2019.
Meanwhile in athletics, Africa’s 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala was the fastest man in the heats timing 10.07seconds to win heat five in the first round heats.
Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme ran a new lifetime best of 10.08s to finish second and advance while Namibia Gilbert Hainuca was third in 10.31s.
Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Akani Simbine eased through to the semis from heat two in 10.10s.
Nigeria will have three athletes in the semifinals after Raymond Ekevwo and Favoure Oghene Ashe also won their respective heats in 10.14s and 10.12s respectively. Godson Oke Oghenebrume made it as one of the fastest losers in heat six after timing 10.36s.
Three Nigerian women qualified for the 100m semis with Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha winning heat one in 10.99s while Rosemary Chukwuma won heat four in 11.02s. Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel sneaked through as a fastest loser after finishing third in heat five in a seasonal best time of 11.43s.
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