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Roland Ezuruike has clinched Nigeria’s archetypal medal astatine the 2026 Commonwealth Games aft winning a metallic medal successful the men’s Lightweight Group A Powerlifting event, DAILY POST reports.
Ezuruike came adjacent to claiming a golden medal but narrowly missed retired connected the games grounds of 190kg successful his past attempt.
He accumulated a full of 153.9 points aft 2 palmy lifts.
England’s Mark Swan won the golden medal, portion Malaysia’s Bonnie Bunyau Gustin claimed bronze with a assistance of 153.5kg.
Another Nigerian, Ibrahim Dauda, besides produced a commendable performance, lifting 140.1kg to decorativeness 5th successful the highly competitory event.
Earlier successful the day, Team Nigeria’s men’s 3×3 Basketball squad defeated the Cayman Islands 21–17 successful their opening Pool A fixture.
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