Team Nigeria clinched their second gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games today as Rafiatu Folashade Lawal won her event.
Lawal lifted a combined 205kg to beat all the other competitors in the women’s weightlifting 59kg category.
Her effort is also a new Games record as she followed in the footsteps of Adijat Adenike Olarinoye, who also won gold last night and set a new record in the women’s 55kg class.
Team Nigeria have now won three medals in Birmingham, all coming from weightlifting: Lawal’s and Olarinoye’s gold as well as Edidiong Umoafia’s bronze in men’s 67kg.
There has been more good news for Team Nigeria in Birmingham today, with a boxer advancing to the next round.
In a middleweight bout, Adeyinka Benson defeated his Ghanian counterpart Kwesi Quartey by points (3-2) to reach the quarter-finals.
If Benson wins his next bout, he will be guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
