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Our high praise for Birmingham and the UK is not misplaced given the challenges that the hosts had to grapple with.
Team Nigeria posted an impressive outing at the competition, finishing seventh on the medals table with 12 gold, nine silver and 14 bronze.
The Nigerian speed star breasted the tape in 12.30 seconds to successfully defend the title she won in Tokyo
Genesis won a gold medal in the Women’s Freestyle 50 kg.
Oborududu defeated Linda Morais in the 68kg women’s category final of the games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The wrestling event which took place at the Coventry Arena saw Adekuoroye taking down most of her opponents while she showed her class against India’s Anshu Malik with a 7-3 victory by points (VPO1) in the Women’s Freestyle 57 kg
This was done at a convivial ceremony which took place at the Hilton Garden in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
37-year old Alice Folashade Oluwafeniaye broke the World and the Commonwealth Games records to strike gold. She lifted a total of 123.4kg to set the new record.
The Nigerian athlete finished tops in the heats as she finished with 22:87seconds.
The two athletes who were sure medal prospects for the country’s chase for glory were said to have arrived late for the mandatory kits inspection at the National Exhibition Centre.
Onyekwere’s compatriot, Obiageri Ameachi, clinched the bronze medal after throwing 56.99m in the same event.
Liadi, who competed in the women’s 76kg weightlifting event set a new junior Commonwealth Games record to finish second behind England’s Maya Laylor, who set a new Commonwealth Games record in the clean and jerk with a lift of 128kg.
Yusuf lifted a total of 212kg to finish third to claim the bronze medal for Nigeria.
After a sluggish start at NEC Hall 3 on Sunday, an inspired Nigerian side, led by Quadri Aruna, bounced back to defeat Malaysia 3-2.
Offiong Edem and Fatimo Bello defeated England duo Maria Tsaptsinos and Tin-Tin Ho 3-1 and 3-2 respectively in the Women’s Group 1, but it was not enough to see the ladies through, as they (Bello and Edem) lost 3-0 in the doubles, while Ajoke Ojomu lost her two singles games 3-0 to Ho and 3-2 to Charlotte Bardsley respectively.
Gino Rufinato, Manager of the MG Sportswear firm, which is based in a town near host city Birmingham, at first thought it was a “wind-up” before launching his 14 staff into action.
The Nigerian star achieved this for Nigeria in the early hours of Friday in Birmingham.
They will be competing over the next 11 days in 20 sports and their multiple events, which are offering 280 gold medals.
She extended her good wishes to the team on Thursday during a farewell reception hosted by the High Commission in Abuja.