Nigeria’s duo of Favour Agboro and Monica Uweh lost out in weightlifting finals at the ongoing 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Agboro finished fifth behind Muhamad Aznil Bidin of Malaysia, Morea Baru (Papa New Guinea) and Talha Talib (Pakistan) in the Men’s 62kg final.
Uweh also lost to Chanu Saikhom Mirabai from Indonesia, Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa (Mauritania) and Dinusha Gomes (Srilanka).
In boxing Round of 32, Nigeria’s Adeola Soyoye lost to Papua New Guinea’s Thaddeus Katau, just as Osita Umeh was beaten Manoj Kumar of India.