Glasgow 2026: Lawal powers team Nigeria to sixth gold with games record lift

Team Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal successfully defended her Commonwealth Games rubric successful ascendant fashion, smashing records connected her mode to golden successful the women’s 58kg weightlifting event, DAILY POST reports.

Lawal finished archetypal with a combined full of 229kg, mounting a caller Commonwealth Games grounds and leaving the remainder of the tract trailing behind.

Canada’s Ann-Sophie Taschereau claimed metallic with a full of 215kg, portion India’s Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam finished 3rd with 199kg.

It was Team Nigeria’s 3rd golden medal successful the weightlifting event.

Earlier on Monday, Edidiong Joseph Umoafia and Onome Didih claimed golden successful the men’s 71kg and women’s 53kg events, respectively.

Nigeria has truthful acold won 10 medals astatine the Glasgow 2026 Games, six golden and 4 metallic medals.

Glasgow 2026: Lawal powers squad Nigeria to sixth golden with games grounds lift