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It was a big win for Nigeria at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on Day Six, dominating the Para Powerlifting competition, sweeping all four gold medals on offer.
The first session of the day saw a Paralympic and world champion showdown in the men’s lightweight final with countrymen Paul Kehinde and Roland Ezuruike battling against each other for first place.
It ended up being a surprise win by Ezuruike who upgraded his Glasgow 2014 silver to gold, lifting 194kg to give him 224.3 points.
Kehinde finished on 219.9 having lifted 211kg, with England’s Ali Jawad finishing third with a best lift of 161kg to give him 182.7 points.
Silver medallist Paul Kehinde of Nigeria, gold medallist Roland Ezuruike of Nigeria and bronze medallist Ali Jawad of England.
The female lightweight competitors took to the bench next for their final with another clash of two Nigerian's, this time two world-record holders.
Esther Oyema held the world record for women's Para Powerlifting in the 50kg class and Lucy Ejike held the world record in the women's 61kg class.
Oyema ended up breaking her own world record with a solid third lift of 131kg, giving the 35-year-old her third consecutive gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a total of 141.6 points.
Teammate Ejike claimed another silver medal for Nigeria with only one successful attempt, finishing with 134.1 points and Olympian Zoe Newson, of England, rounded out the podium with a best lift of 91kg at a bodyweight of just 41kg.
Nigeria's Ndidi Nwosu won her gold by a big margin in the women's heavyweight competition raising a best lift of 120kg at 69kg bodyweight.
The Paralympian champion finished with a score of 110.4, with England's Louise Sugden taking home the silver with a total of 89.2 points, just 0.2 points ahead of Kenyan Joyce Njuguna.
With only four competitors taking to the floor in the there was no bronze medal awarded.
Gold medallist Ndidi Nwosu.
The men's heavyweight final rounded out the Para Powerlifting competition at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on day six.
Nigerian Abdulazeez Ibrahim won by the narrowest margin ahead of Malaysia's Yee Khie Jong with both powerlifters having a best bench press of 220kg, however Ibrahim's bodyweight was 3.7kg less than Jong's, which meant that he came out ahead on points.
Silver medallist Yee Khie Jong, gold medallist Abdulazeez Ibrahim and bronze medallist Sachin Chaudharury
In Commonwealth Games competition, medals in the Para Powerlifting event are decided on a formula which combines a competitor’s bodyweight and the weight they lift.
