Enku Ekuta ended a 24-year wait for a Nigerian judo medal at the Commonwealth Games, claiming bronze in the women’s -63kg event at the Glasgow 2026 Games on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Ekuta defeated Zambia’s Rita Kabinda by ippon to wrap up the bronze medal contest in under three minutes, having bounced back through the repechage after suffering a defeat in the quarter-final.
Her medal marks Nigeria’s first in judo at the Commonwealth Games since the 2002 edition, bringing to an end more than two decades of disappointment for the sport in the country.
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The breakthrough is a significant one for Nigerian judo, which had struggled for years to translate domestic talent into medals on the Commonwealth stage despite producing several promising athletes.
Ekuta rose to the occasion in Glasgow with a series of determined, tactically disciplined performances against some of the Commonwealth’s top-ranked judokas
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