BIRMINGHAM 2022 – Chioma Onyekwere makes history in Commonwealth Discus

 Chioma Onyekwere, the current African Championship champion in Discus has set a new record at the ongoing Birmingham 2022.

The Nigerian emerged as the first Nigerian woman to win the Commonwealth in the Discus Throw event.

Onyekewere, 28, threw 61.70m in her fourth attempt to take the lead from home girl, Jade Lally, who led from the start of the competition with her opening throw of 57.33m.

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The Nigerian who opened with 55.82m knew she needed more than the 58.19m she threw to win the African Championships gold last June in Mauritius.

Her effort did not yield a positive result in the second round with a throw of  56.42m while she fouled the third attempt. Surprisingly, she  swung the discus to a personal season’s best mark of 61.70m, her second best career mark after the 63.30m personal best she threw last year at the CVEATC, Chula Vista in California, USA thereby emerging as the winner.

By virtue of this achievement, Onyekwere has become the second Nigerian after Adewale Olukoju to win the Discus Throw title for Nigeria in the history of the championships.

ValidViewNetwork recalls that Olukoju threw 62.62m to win in Aukcland in 1990.