Glasgow 2014: Nigeria emerges Africa's 2nd best

As England tops with 174 medals

TEAM Nigeria finished with 11 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals to place eighth on the final medals table at the 20th Commonwealth Games which ended on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nigeria became the second best country from Africa at the Games after South Africa which finished seventh with 13 gold, 10 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Interestingly, Nigeria finished ahead of Kenya which placed ninth on the table with 10 gold, 10 silver and five bronze medals and Jamaica which placed 10th with 10 gold, four silver and eight bronze medals.
England topped the medals table after the 12-day event with 58 gold, 59 silver and 57 bronze medals ahead of Australia which amassed 49 gold, 42 silver and 46 bronze medals.
Team Canada followed with 32 gold, 16 silver and 34 bronze medals as Scotland placed fourth with 19 gold, 15 silver and 19 bronze medals. India with 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze medals and New Zealand with 14 gold, 14 silver and 17 bronze medals placed fifth and sixth respectively. 
Meanwhile, the gold medallists for Team Nigeria at the Games were Blessing Okagbare who accounted for two golds and one silver; Ese Brume (women's long jump with a jump of 6.56m); Oluwatoyin Adesanmi (women’s 63kg weightlifting); Maryam Usman (women's Weightlifting +75kg); Odunayo Adekuoroye (women's 53kg freestyle wrestling); Aminat Adeniyi (women's 58kg freestyle wrestling); Esther Oyema (women's para-powerlifting up to 61kg); Loveline Obiji (women's para-powerlifting heavyweight class (from 61.1kg); Paul Kehinde (men's para-powerlifting lightweight (up to 72kg) and Abdulazeez Ibrahim (men's heavyweight (from 72.1kg).
It will be recalled that Nigeria's first gold medallist at the Games, Chika Amalaha after her heroics in the women's weightlifting 53kg where she set new games record 85kg in snatch and 196kg in total lift was
stripped of the medal by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) for using performance-enhancing substances.

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Caption: Nigeria's Golden Girl, Blessing Okagbare celebrates her golden moments at Glasgow 2014. She finished the Games with two gold and one silver medals.