Nigeria rakes in 6 medals from weightlifting

Oluwatoyin Adesanmi won another gold medal
for Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games in the
women’s 63kg weightlifting yesterday.

The African championship silver medallist
pushed Commonwealth No.1 and compatriot
Obioma Okoli into the silver position.
India’s Punam Yadav, the youngest lifter at 19,
took bronze.

She followed her compatriot, Chika Analha who
won gold Saturday after she recorded a lift of
107 kg in clean and jerk event.
That brought to six the number of medals won
by Nigeria in weighlifting, placing her atop the
medal table in the event.