Nigeria, July 24 -- Team Nigeria opened its medal account at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday as veteran para-powerlifter Roland Ezuruike claimed a silver medal in the men's Lightweight Group A event.

The 50-year-old narrowly missed out on the gold medal after failing in his final attempt to lift a Commonwealth Games record 190kg.

Ezuruike finished with a total of 153.9 points from two successful lifts to secure Nigeria's first podium finish of the Games.

The medal extends an outstanding international career that has seen the experienced para-powerlifter consistently deliver medals for Nigeria for almost two decades.

Although visibly disappointed after narrowly missing the gold medal, Ezuruike later celebrated his achi...