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Birmingham 2022: Team Nigeria wins big in spite of disqualification setback

From George Aluo, Birmingham

Team Nigeria has been harvesting medals here in spite of the setback it suffered today over the painful disqualification of two athletes.

It was gold for Nigeria in Para Athletics courtesy of Nwachukwu in Discus. He won with a new record.

It was also Gold and Silver in Para Powerlifting as Folashade Oluwafemiayo and Bose Omolayo completely dominated the field, breaking Commonwealth Games records with every lift until Oluwafemiayo broke the World Record with her last lift.

The medals would no doubt have been more but for the disqualification of the duo of Onyinyechi Gift Mark and Latifat Tijani.

The athletes were sent packing for arriving competition venue late.

As at the time of filing this report, the Nigerian Olympics Committee (NOC) was yet to react to the development.

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