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Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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Nigeria competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.[1] It was Nigeria's 15th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.[2]

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Nnamdi Chinecherem and Folashade Oluwafemiayo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3]

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Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

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Athletics

Men
Track and road events
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Field events
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Women
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Field events
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Boxing

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Women
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Judo

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 8 July 2022.[4]

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Para powerlifting

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Table tennis

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Nigeria qualified for both team events via the ITTF World Team Rankings (as of 2 January 2020). Eight players were selected on 8 July 2022.[5]

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Weightlifting

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As of 16 March 2022, nine weightlifters (two men, seven women) qualified for the competition.[6]

Stella Kingsley, Adijat Olarinoye, Rafiatu Folashade Lawal and Joy Ogbonne Eze qualified by winning gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[7] The other five qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022.

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Wrestling

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Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
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Notes
  1. Due to only 4 athletes competing, no bronze medal was awarded.
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