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Duro Ikhazuagbe in Glasgow
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finally exorcised the spirit of playing second fiddle to become the top man of the Commonwealth Games’ Men’s Shot Put event yesterday as he finally won the gold medal in his third attempt here at the Glasgow Games.
His championship-winning throw of 21.07m ensured that he leapfrogged defending champion from the Birmingham Games four years ago, New Zealand's Tom Walsh (21.03m), to claim the gold medal.
While the gold medal is Team Nigeria’s eighth here in Glasgow, it is Enekwechi’s first in three editions. It was a perfect compensation for the silver he got in Gold Coast, Australia in 2018 and fourth place finish in Birmingham in 2022.
Enekwechi’s friend and rival from England, Scott Lincoln, picked the consolatory bronze medal with 20.99m throw.
While Team Nigeria erupted in celebration of Enekwechi’s gold medal feat, the opposite was…
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