Weightlifting

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Building on their strong start, Team Nigeria continued its impressive performances in different events at the 13th edition of the African Games in Ghana, racking up a few medals on another thrilling day of the Games. Their performances…

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Team Nigeria's weightlifters team amassed six more medals at the ongoing 2023 All Africa Games in Ghana, as the duo of Desmond Akano and Adebayo Adeyemi won six medals on Day 5 of the Weightlifting event. The team won three Silver and…

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Team Nigeria's Edidiong Joseph Umofia clinched 3 Gold medals in the men's weightlifting 67kg category at the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana on Monday. Umofia lifted a remarkable 135kg in the Snatch and a brilliant…

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Six Nigerian lifters will feature in this week’s International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an official said. The head coach of Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), Ojadi Aduche, said that…

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Nigeria began its quest for the 2024 Olympic Games qualification in the Weightlifting event, as two Nigerian lifters, Olarinoye Adijat, and Lawal Rafiatu will be on the stage today in Tunisia. The duo will be competing in the 59kg women's…

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#TeamNigeriaCGW2022 Athlete Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf has won Team Nigeria’s 4th medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, clinching Bronze in the Women's 64kg Weightlifting event. At the National Exhibition Centre, the…

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On Day 4 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Team Nigeria will be competing for a chance to win medals in Judo, Weightlifting, table tennis, para table tennis and boxing events in the United Kingdom. Here’s the full schedule of…

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#TeamNigeriaCGW2022 On Day 3 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Nigeria clinched two medals with both coming from the Weightlifting event through Rafiatu Folashade Lawal and Edidiong Joseph Umoafia as they won Gold and Bronze,…

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Nigerian athlete Adijat Adenike Olarinoye won her nation’s first medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, setting a new Games’ record of 203kg to claim Gold in the Women’s 55kg Weightlifting event. Olarinoye went for 111kg after…

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Nigerian Weightlifters returned home with nine medals at the just concluded International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifiers which held in Uzbekistan. A total of seven Nigerian…