Nigeria at New Delhi Commonwealth Games

 

India's Soniya Chanu Ngangbam (L), who claimed the silver in the women's 48-kilogram weightlifting class event in the XIX Commonwealth Games, along with Nigeria's Augustina Nwaokolo, who won the gold, and India's Sandhya Rani (R), who got the bronze during the award ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: AP

 

On October 4, 2010, Nigeria claimed the first Gold Medal awarded at New Delhi Commonwealth Games in Women’s 48-kg weightlifting competition. The picture shows, Nigeria’s Augustina Nwaokolo, who won the gold, flanked by Soniya Chanu Ngangbam (L), who claimed the silver and Sandhya Rani (R), who got the bronze, both of whom were Indians.