At the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom, 94 athletes will represent Team Nigeria at in different sports such as table tennis, wrestling, athletics and so on.
Quadri Aruna, Blessing Oborududu and Tobi Amusan are some of the big names on the Nigerian team. The captains and flagbearers of Team Nigeria for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom have emerged.
The captains are Nnamdi Innocent, one of Nigeria’s leading men powerlifter and Blessing Oborududu, top women wrestler and a silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. She is also a Gold medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The flagbearers at Thursday’s Opening Ceremony will be Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper, and the veteran women powerlifter who doubles as the world record holder in her category, Oluwafemiayo Foashade.
Prosper, who is 20 years old and the national record holder in Javelin will be hoping to finish on the podium in Birmingham, while the veteran powerlifter Folashade will be seeking another ‘golden’ outing for Nigeria.
The opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games will hold at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Thursday from 7.15pm.
Athletes representing Team Nigeria
