Nigeria Ends Commonwealth Games With 24 Medals
Nigeria’s Oluwatobiloba Amusan celebrates with flag after winning the athletics women’s 100m hurdles final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 13, 2018. Team Nigeria has ended its campaign at the Commonwealth Games with 24 medals after Aruna Quadri won silver in the men’s table-tennis singles. Nigeria finished the games in Gold Coast with nine golds, nine silvers and six bronze medals to place ninth on the log behind Australia, England, India, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales and Scotland. The Para Athletes accounted for five of the top podium placements while wrestling had three and athletics one. Nigeria placed eighth at the 2014 games with 36 medals. Tobi Amusan had on Friday struck gold in the women’s 100m hurdles clocking 12.68 Seconds. This increased Nigeria’s medal haul to eight gold, five silver and five bronze medals. (L-R) Silver medallist Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, gold medallist Singapore’s Gao Ni...