Star athlete Blessing Okagbare couldn’t participate in the women’s long jump at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but compatriot Ese Brume made sure the gold came home still.
Brume’s 6.56m leap ensured Nigeria’s 1st gold medal at the event in 14 years, with Okagbare also winning the 200m finals.
England’s Jazmin...
Weightlifter Chika Amalaha won Nigeria its first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday.
The petit female weightlifter pulled a total of 196 points in snatch and clean and jerk in the 53kg class, to beat the stiff opposition from England and India weightlifters, who picked the silver and...