Team Nigeria Clinches Commonwealth 4x100m Relay Silver To Take Glasgow Medal Haul To 22

Team Nigeria’s men’s 4×100 metres relay team produced a superb performance to claim the silver medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, taking the country’s overall medal tally to 22.

The Nigerian quartet of Kanyinsola Ajayi, Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike and Adekalu Fakorede clocked 38.12 seconds to finish just 0.05 seconds behind Australia, who won gold in 38.07 seconds.

Ghana secured bronze in 38.13 seconds, only one hundredth of a second behind Nigeria, in one of the closest finishes of the athletics programme.

England finished fourth in 38.71 seconds, while Jamaica placed fifth in 39.07 seconds. Canada and South Africa were disqualified.

Nigeria’s silver-medal performance crowned an impressive sprint campaign, with the quartet delivering excellent baton exchanges and maintaining their challenge throughout a fiercely contested race.

The relay success came after strong individual performances from the same athletes during the championships. Ajayi ended Nigeria’s 20-year wait for a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s 100m by winning bronze, while Onwuzurike claimed silver in the men’s 200m.

The latest podium finish further underlined Nigeria’s resurgence in men’s sprinting and reinforced the country’s status as one of the Commonwealth’s leading sprint nations.

Nigeria has also enjoyed a memorable athletics campaign in Glasgow, with Samuel Ogazi winning gold in the men’s 400m, Ezekiel Nathaniel triumphing in the men’s 400m hurdles, and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi securing the men’s shot put title.

Jessica Oji added silver in the women’s shot put, while Tobi Amusan, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Temitope Adeshina and several other Nigerian athletes also reached the podium to boost the country’s medal haul.

The relay silver increased Team Nigeria’s tally to 22 medals at the Games, comprising 10 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals, as the country’s athletes continue to deliver one of their strongest Commonwealth Games performances.

Although gold slipped away by the narrowest of margins, Nigeria’s sprint quartet left Scotstoun Stadium with another memorable performance, finishing just five hundredths of a second behind the champions in a race that highlighted the depth and quality of Nigerian athletics.