Nigeria’s Sade Olatoye fell short of a medal in the women’s hammer throw at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finishing eighth outside the podium places despite a spirited performance, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The African Championships silver medallist who had a best attempt of 63.27m was unable to challenge the leading contenders in a high-quality final dominated by Canada’s Camryn Rogers.
Rogers successfully defended her Commonwealth title in style, setting a new Games record of 74.91m to claim the gold medal.
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New Zealand’s Lauren Bruce took silver in 69.82m while Australia’s Lara Roberts completed the podium with the bronze medal with a mark of 68.05m.
Olatoye, who entered the competition with genuine medal aspirations after a season’s best throw of 70.46m, could not produce a mark good enough to trouble the medal positions.
The Nigerian had qualified for the final after safely negotiating the qualifying
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