Glasgow 2026: Team Nigeria claims seventh place, leads Africa

Team Nigeria finished seventh connected the last medal standings astatine the 2026 Commonwealth Games, DAILY POST reports.

The West Africans competed successful 10 sports, and won 10 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze medals

Team Nigeria besides emerged arsenic highest-ranked African federation astatine the Games.

Esther Nworgu gave Nigeria its archetypal golden medal with a commanding show successful the women’s lightweight para powerlifting event,

Other Nigerian athletes who made the state arrogant are Ezekiel Nathaniel, who won a golden medal successful the men’s 400-metre hurdles, Goodness Nwachukwu, smashing her ain satellite grounds successful the women’s F42 discus propulsion to triumph gold; Idris Riluwan, who won the golden medal successful the men’s para-powerlifting event; and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, who made past successful the men’s changeable put.

Australia finished apical of the standings with 65 gold, 41 silver, and 52 bronze medals.

England came 2nd with a medal haul of 26 gold, 41 silver, and 35 bronze, portion Canada finished 3rd with 18 gold, 20 silver, and 21 bronze medals.

Glasgow 2026: Team Nigeria claims seventh place, leads Africa