Olukoju threw 62.62m to win in Auckland in 1990.Īll focus will now shift to the men and women’s 100m semifinal on Wednesday, the men’s high jump, and the women’s shot put final. Onyekwere has now become the second Nigerian after Adewale Olukoju to win the Discus Throw title for Nigeria in the history of the championships. Team Nigeria made further history by producing two medallists in the Discus Throw event for the first time with reigning Nigerian champion, Obiageri Amaechi, winning the bronze medal with her 56.99m fifth round effort. Allman is the third American woman to win gold. READ ALSO: IRT Commander Tunji Disu Wins Silver Medal Chioma Onyekwere and Obiageri Amaechi. Valarie Allman’s discus win gives United States its first track and field gold By PAT GRAHAM The Associated Press, Updated August 2, 2021, 2:10 p.m.
She responded without success in the second round with a 56.42m effort, fouled the third attempt before swinging 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. Mark Breland Boxing Olympics Gold Medal Welterweight Liberia Perforated Stamp. 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. Martin Sheridan USA Discus Gold Medal Olympics Tanzania Perforated Stamp.
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. track and field gold medal on first discus throw Jason Owens August 2, 2021, 9:36 AM 1 min read Valarie Allman's last throw on Monday didn't count.
Wilkins repeated his win at the USA Olympic trials in 1980, but was prevented from defending his Olympic title due to the USA boycott of the Moscow Olympics. The United States earned its second consecutive and third.
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Reigning African Games and African Championships champion, Chioma Onyekwere, saved her best for the last major competition of the year to make history as the first Nigerian woman to win the Commonwealth Games gold in the Discus Throw event. In 1976, Mac Wilkins had won the discus throw at the USA Olympic trials and then gone on to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Montreal. Oerter was the sixth man to win two medals in the event, and the third to win two gold medals.
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