Chioma Onyekwere made history on Tuesday night at the Alexandra Stadium in Birmingham with her Season's Best throw of 61.70m, which earned her first place.

She became the first Nigerian woman in history to win a GOLD medal in the Discus at the Commonwealth Games, inspiring a 1-3 finish for her country as Obiageri Amechi also got on the podium, clinching the Bronze medal in this event.

The two medals are the first set of medals Nigeria will be winning in Athletics at the ongoing Games in Birmingham, laying a good foundation for what promises to be a very good Day 2 (Athletics), with so many finals lined.

Despite being ranked second among the throwers on parade before the final, Onyekwere proved the bookmakers wrong by defeating the fans' favourite to win GOLD.

Having been winning multiple continental titles, this is the first title Onyekwere will be winning outside Africa. The reigning African champion threw a Season’s Best (SB) of 61.70m to usurp England’s who led with her first-round throw of 57.33m.

Nigeria is 10th on the medal table with 3 GOLD, 1 SILVER and 3 BRONZE