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Nigerian para-athlete Goodness Nwachukwu releases the discus during the women's F42-44/F61-64 event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she established her initial world record of 36.56 metres. Photo Credit: commonwealthsports.com
Goodness Nwachukwu is simply in a class of her own. The Nigerian para athlete produced one of the performances of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday, launching the discus to an astonishing 39.66 metres with her final attempt to claim gold in the women's F42-44/F61-64 discus throw event and rewrite the world record in the F42 category. The historic throw surpassed her previous world record by more than three metres, an improvement that tells you everything about how far she has come and how dominant she is in this event.
This is now back-to-back Commonwealth gold for Nwachukwu. She first announced herself on the Commonwealth…
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