ONYEKWERE MAKES HISTORY, WINS NIGERIA’S FIRST COMMONWEALTH GAMES DISCUS GOLD.

Current African Games and African Championships champion Chioma Onyekwere has made history as the first

Nigerian woman to win the Commonwealth Games gold in the Discus Throw event.

Onyekewere, 28, threw 61.70m in her fourth attempt to take the lead from Jade Lally, who led from the start of the competition with her opening throw of 57.33m. Onyekwere has now become the second Nigerian after Adewale Olukoju to win the Discus Throw title for Nigeria in the history of the championships. Olukoju threw 62.62m to win in Auckland in 1990.