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CWG: Nigeria’s Oluwafemiayo claims gold in powerlifting 

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Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has clinched the gold medal for Nigeria within the girls people’s heavyweight powerlifting event on the 2022 Commonwealth Video video games.

Folashade broke the sector doc after lifting 130kg, 150kg and 155kg to rating a cumulative 123.4 components, to maintain however some other gold for Nigeria, Thursday night.

Nigeria received the gold and silver medals within the event, with Bose Omolayo ending second within the relieve of her compatriot to invent it a Nigerian 1-2. Omolayo had lifted 145kg and scored 115.2 components to protected on the rostrum.

Watson Hani of Australia clinched the bronze medal.

Nigerian girls people have been doing very gigantic on the CWG 2022, breaking particulars and making the nation proud on the event taking specific in Birmingham, England.

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