Ezekiel Nathaniel stormed to gold in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday, delivering a commanding victory in 48.47 seconds to add another golden chapter to Team Nigeria’s campaign, Saturday PUNCH reports.
The Nigerian pulled clear of the field down the home straight to beat England’s Jake Minshull, who took silver in 48.99 seconds, while Jamaica’s Assinie Wilson claimed bronze in 49.22 seconds.
The triumph took Team Nigeria’s tally to nine gold medals at the Glasgow Games, underlining the country’s growing dominance across multiple sports at the competition.
Nathaniel had entered the final as the man to beat, having reinforced his medal credentials in the heats by winning Heat Two in 48.69 seconds to qualify as the fastest overall qualifier, ahead of Minshull, who clocked 48.88 seconds, and India’s Santhosh Tamilarasan, who ran 49.51 seconds. Related News FIFA drops plan to sell World Cup stake after boycott threat Meet Jessica Oji, Nigeria’s first Commonwealth shot put medallist in 20 years Infantino wrong man to lead FIFA, says Burnham
The 23-year-old, who holds the Nigerian record of 47.86 seconds, arrived in Glasgow as one of the sport’s most consistent quarter-mile hurdlers of the past four years, having reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in both 2022 and 2023 as well as at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
