Nigeria’s premier shot put athlete, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, has been named Crew Nigeria’s male captain for the 2026 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow, Scotland, by the management of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC).
The U.S.-based thrower will lead the Nigerian contingent alongside two-time Paralympic champion Folashade Oluwafemilayo, who has been appointed the workforce’s feminine captain.
Enekwechi, 33, boasts a formidable résumé, having gained silver on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games, the African title, the 2019 African Video games gold medal, and most not too long ago the Nationwide Sports activities Competition championship.
NSC Director Normal Hon. Bukola Olopade mentioned the appointments of Enekwechi and Oluwafemilayo mirror the Fee’s dedication to creating a robust mentorship tradition, with completed athletes serving as position fashions and galvanizing the subsequent era of Nigerian sporting abilities.
“We have now picked people who don’t solely have a robust observe data of their varied sports activities however are additionally clear mentors to the younger athletes for the way they’ve sacrificially devoted themselves to the nation with utmost integrity and respect all through their careers.”
“The choice to choose them to guide Crew Nigeria to the Commonwealth video games is to additionally allow them to know that the nation appreciates them for all they’ve been doing to place the Nation’s flag on the worldwide map and their labour is not going to be in vein, particularly beneath the Renewed Hope Agenda for sports activities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR”, he mentioned.
Crew Nigeria is scheduled to depart for Scotland on Thursday, July 2, 2026, the place the contingent will embark on a three-week coaching camp in Aberdeen forward of the 2026 Commonwealth Video games, which get underway in Glasgow on July 23.
Pleasure is already constructing inside the Nigerian camp, with athletes and officers eagerly anticipating the disclosing of the workforce’s specifically designed PUMA kits.
The Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) will formally reveal the competitors and ceremonial attire on Wednesday, July 1, earlier than the workforce’s departure for the Video games.
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