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Nigeria wins gold, silver in weightlifting

Oluwatoyin Adesanmi and Obioma Okoli won gold and silver in the women’s weightlifting 63kg Sunday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Adesanmi won the gold with a total of 207 on lighter body weight from countrywoman Okoli also on 207kg.

Punam Yadav of India came third and claimed a bronze with a total of 202kg.

With this feat, Nigeria now has a total of six medals and placed ninth in the overall medal’s table.

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