Nigeria began the day having won all 12 golds in the history of the sport's presence at the Games, but four different countries claimed titles after the day began with heartbreak for Latifat Tijani and Onyinyechi Gift Mark.

The 86 kilograms Paralympic champion Oluwafemiayo ensured there was a victory for Nigeria to celebrate, and in some style too as she broke the world record for her weight division in the women's heavyweight final.

Oluwafemiayo had already secured gold with lifts of 130kg and 150kg, but followed it with a sensational 155kg to score 123.4 points.

Compatriot Bose Omolayo, the 79kg Paralympic champion, took second with 115.2 points from a 142kg lift on her second attempt.

Australia's Hani Watson rounded off the podium on 98.5, climbing from 120kg to 127kg on her final attempt.

The day began with the shock news that Tokyo 2020 under-45kg gold medallist Tijani and fellow Nigerian powerlifter Mark had been disqualified from the women's lightweight event after arriving 25 minutes late, a decision which left both athletes visibly distraught.

A shellshocked home crowd watched England's Zoe Newson put in a superb performance to take gold with 102.2 points from successful lifts of 97kg, 99kg and 101kg.

Compatriot Olivia Broome placed second with 100.0 after improving her lifts from 105kg to 109kg and then to 111kg.

Hellen Wawira Kariuki of Kenya completed the podium with 98.5 pojnts from a 97kg lift on her second attempt.

On the men's side, 72kg Paralympic champion Bonnie Bunyau Gustin of Malaysia took the lightweight title and set a Games record.

He followed up record-breaking lifts of 210kg and 216kg with a 220kg effort which earned him a huge 154.6 points.

England's Mark Swan placed second with 145.5 from 202kg on his final attempt, with Nigeria's Nnamdi Innocent replicating his performance at Rio 2016 by taking bronze.

Innocent lifted 190kg on his only successful lift - his second of the event - to score 132.5.

Compatriot Thomas Kure also scored 132.5, but missed out on a medal as he was unable to build on a successful 180kg first attempt when he opted for a big increase to 194kg and 197kg.

India's Sudhir also broke a Games record in the men's heavyweight, the final event in Para powerlifting at Birmingham 2022.

He lifted 212kg on his second attempt to score 134.5, missing out on a 217kg lift with the gold already secured.

The back-to-back Commonwealth Games champion Abdulazeez Ibrahim pulled out of the competition after two unsuccessful 190kg lifts in another disappointing moment for Nigeria.

However, his compatriot Ikechukwu Obichukwu, returning to international competition for the first time in eight years, did take silver with 133.6 points from 197kg on his second lift.

Scotland's Micky Yule, a Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist at 72kg, finished third with 130.9 from a 192kg second attempt.

Yule finished fourth at Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018, and declared the medal "a weight off of my shoulders".