Dylan Bettencourt
UChioma Onyekwere ube ngowokuqala wase-Nigeria ukuthola indondo yegolide ku-discus.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala uhambe nendondo yegolide nakuba bekungokokuqala engenela le midlalo.
Umpetha we-The African Games and African Athletics champion uhambe phambili kule sizini ku-61.70m emzamweni wakhe wesine wokuthola indondo yegolide kuJade Lally wase-Britain.
U-Onyekwere uchitha izinsuku zakhe njengonjiniyela eMelika futhi ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula uqopha umlando emicimbini emikhulu.
Ungowesifazane wesibili wase-Afrika ukuzuza indondo yegolide kulo mqhudelwano kulandela owathola umklomelo wokuqala wakuleli u-Elizna Naude ngo-2006.
Ukwenza impumelelo ibe ngcono nakakhulu umsubathi wase-Nigeria u-Obiageri Amaechi uthole indondo ngebanga elingu-56.99m.
U-Onyekwere uthe ngemuva komqhudelwano sekuyisikhathi sokuthi i-Afrika ikhombise ithalente layo emhlabeni.
“I-Commonwealth yethu yokuqala ngakho-ke kuyamangalisa ukuphuma futhi sobabili sikwazile ukumela i-Nigeria sithole ukuhamba phambili kule sizini,” etshela i-BBC Sport Africa.
“Kuyimpumelelo enkulu futhu kuwubufakazi obuhle kule sizini yethu.”
Ukuphumelela kuka-Onyekwere kulandela l uRafiatu Lawal ophakamisa izinsimbi ephule irekhodi ku-59kg kwabesifazane nge-snatch engu-206kg ne-clean jerk.
I-Nigeria ibekwe endaweni yesibili e-Afrika emidlalweni yama-Commonwealth ngemuva kwelakuleli.
I-Nigeria inezindondo eziyisishiyagalombili sezizonke ezintathu kuzo ezegolide nezindondo zesiliva ezine nezethusi.
Njengoba umqhudelwano udlondlobala abantu base-Nigeria bazobe belindele ukuthola izindondo ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuphela kwemidlalo
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