The National Sports Commission (NSC) has congratulated Didih Onome Omolola for winning gold in the women’s 53kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad, India.
This achievement follows Ruth Nyong Asuquo’s silver medal win in the 48kg junior women’s category on Monday.
NSC Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko says: “This championship will serve as qualifiers for the Commonwealth Games next year… Weightlifting has always been our sport of comparative advantage and we are expecting a harvest of gold medals beginning with Onome.”
According to Director-General of the commission Hon. Bukola Olopade: “I was with this team in Mauritius when they won the African championships and I can vouch for them. We have a generation of podium performers in the current weightlifting set-up.”
The Commonwealth Senior, Junior, and Youth Weightlifting Championship is being held in India from August 20 to 30.
Team Nigeria finished top at the African Weightlifting Championship in Mauritius earlier this year.
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