Nigeria Wins First Medal at Tokyo Paralympics as Latifat Tijani Wins Gold
-
Nigeria has secured its first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after Powerlifting Latifat Tijani won gold in the women’s 45kg powerlifting event
-
Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui on Thursday to lift 107kg in the finals of the event
-
This is Tijani second Paralympics medal after winning silver at the Rio 2016 Paralympics
Team Nigeria has registered its name on the medals table at the ongoing Paralympics in Tokyo.
The country won gold on Thursday morning when Powerlifter Latifat Tijani won the women’s 45kg event.
Tijani lifted 107kg helping her win the top prize as she defeated China’s Zhe Cui who had to settle for silver.
Tijani’s showing serves as an improvement on her performance at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio when she lifted 106kg and won silver.
The gold medalist powerlifter had won a bronze medal in the women’s 45 kg event at the 2019 World Para Powerlifting going into the Paralympics.
In other news: Nigeria to Receive 7.7 Million Doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID Vaccine
Before Latifat Tijani’s success, another Nigerian Yakubu Adesokan came close to winning a medal but he had to settle for fourth.
Adesokan lifted 155kg but it wasn’t enough to put him ahead of any of Qarada Omar Hamadeh of Jordan, Le Van Cong of Vietnam, and Mamnadov Parvin of Azerbaijan.
Follow Naija.fm on our social media handles Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to keep up with trending news, breaking news, entertainment news.
