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C’Wealth Games: Another medal for Team Nigeria as Islamiyat Yusuf wins bronze

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Team Nigeria, on Monday, picked yet another medal at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf won a bronze medal.

The medal is Team Nigeria’s fourth medal since the start of the games in the United Kingdom.

Yusuf finished third in the women’s weightlifting 64kg category after a combine lift of 212kg, to win bronze.

The 19-year-old lifted 93kg in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk: 113kg, 116kg, 119kg with total of 212kg.

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Ripples Nigeria recalls that Nigeria’s first medal at the games was won by Adijat Olarinoye, who finished first in her weightlifting category on Saturday.

Olarinoye produced a stunning lift in the women’s 55kg category to clinch gold.

On Sunday, Folashade Rafiat Lawal won gold medal in the 59kg category, setting a Commonwealth Games record in the process.

Edidiong Umoafia also picked the bronze medal in a weightlifting event on Sunday.

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