Glasgow 2026: Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju hails Ella Onojuvwevwo after ending Nigeria’s 32-year medal drought
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Before her podium finish in Glasgow, Nigeria had gone more than three decades without a Commonwealth Games medal in the women’s one-lap event.
The country’s last medallist was Yusuf-Olukoju, who won silver in Victoria in 1994, four years after she captured Nigeria’s first and only Commonwealth Games gold in the event at Auckland 1990.
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