By Sulaimon Jamiu
The Commonwealth Games officially began on Friday, July 29, 2022, with the grand opening ceremony held at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.
The 12-day sporting extravaganza, which has participants from 71 countries, has seen some outstanding displays of sporting brilliance, including India going from zero medals on day one to eight medals on day four, placing them sixth on the medal log.
Team Nigeria, which gave the public hope with their early success in the competition, still holds three medals, two gold and one bronze, so far.
On the medal table, Australia remains the runway leader with 61 medals, including 24 gold, 16 silver, and 18 bronze. England holds the second place with 47 medals, including 19 gold, 18 silver, and 10 seven bronze, while New Zealand comes in third with 23 medals, including 12 gold, 7 silver, and 4 bronze.
South Africa jumped to fourth place with 8 medals, including 5 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 2 bronze medal, while Canada fell to fifth with 4 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 14 bronze medals. The top ten is completed by Scotland, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Wales.
The others on the list are: Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Kenya, Northern Ireland, and Cyprus had amassed 2 medals each, so far. While Bermuda, Uganda, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Tanzania, Namibia, and Sri Lanka has all won one medal each.
