•One less than Birmingham 2022, but with less athletes from few sports

Team Nigeria ended the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland last night with 10 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals, one gold less than the country’s outing at the Birmingham edition four years ago.

Against all expectations, Nigeria won only one gold medal from the four projected on final day of competition as the quartet of Favour Ashe, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Nicholas Fakorede and Udodi Onwuzurike’s best of 38.12 secs  in the men’s 4x100m relay fetched a bronze. Canada that was disqualified for Nigeria to step up to silver won their protest to reclaim the silver.  Australia won gold in 38.07 seconds, just 0.05 seconds ahead of Nigeria.

In the women’s final, Nigeria finished sixth in 43.74 seconds. Jamaica claimed gold in 42.65secs, Canada took silver in 42.76 seconds, while Trinidad and Tobago secured bronze with a season’s best of 43.07 seconds.

The biggest disappointment of the final day of the track & field events of Glasgow 2026 for Team Nigeria was the bronze that the quartet of Ezekiel Nathaniel, Patience Okon-George, Samuel Ogazi and Ella Onojuvwevwo got. The anchor leg, Onojuvwevwo gassed out when it mattered most, few meters to the finish line. She made the tactical error of out pacing the leaders but could not sustain the strength to continue to the finish line,

Elsewhere,  Ruth Usoro won silver for Nigeria in the women’s long jump. Her very first jump produced a wind-assisted leap of 6.87m to secure her place on the podium.

England’s Jazmin Sawyers won gold with 6.93m, while Australia’s Brooke Buschkuehl claimed bronze with 6.80m.

Earlier, Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi lived up to his status as world No.1 in the quarter-mile this year by storming home in 44.25…