Riluwan Idris won the gold medal in the men’s para-powerlifting event at the ongoing 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday night.
The 23-year-old took home the gold medal ahead of both Matthew Harding from England and Malaysia’s Nicodemus Manggoi Moses who won silver and bronze respectively.
Idris lifted 208kg on his second attempt to beat the competition, and he was the only para lifter to successfully lift above 200kg in the event. He lifted 200kg in his first attempt, and finished with 132.8 points to claim his first ever Commonwealth Games gold.
However, Idris narrowly missed on his attempt to break the Commonwealth Games record of 212kg with his third lift, settling for his gold medal.
He is also Nigeria’s first male athlete to win gold at the ongoing games, as the country added to earlier gold medals for record-breaking Folashade Oluwafemiayo and
