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Blessing Okagbare Makes History For Nigeria at Commonwealth Games.
Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare sprinted to victory in Glasgow today winning gold in the women&rsquo;s 100m race. Okagbare&rsquo;s time of 10.85 established a new record for this event at the Commonwealth Games. She was followed by silver medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica at a time of 11.03.
This marked the first time since 1994 that a Nigerian woman had won a medal in the women&rsquo;s 100m the Commonwealth Games when Mary Onyali and Christy Opara-Thompson took home gold and silver respectively.
So far, all of Nigeria&rsquo;s gold medals have been won by women.
17-year-old Chika Amalaha won the country&rsquo;s first gold competing in the Women&rsquo;s 56kg weightlifting, and fellow weightlifter Oluwatoyin Adesanmi won the women&rsquo;s 63kg gold medal.
Nigeria leads overall in the weightlifting categories. for both male and female, with two gold, three silver and one bronze medal.
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