Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike won another gold medal to take the country’s tally to five medals, as they currently occupies 16th spot on the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medals table.
Ejike also shattered the Paralympic and World Record three successive times to dominate the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting.
Ejike began her campaign at the Riocentro Pavillion 2 on Saturday with a successful attempt at 136.0kg, which was a new Paralympic Record and World Record.
However, that was just the beginning as she went on to set a superior mark of 138.0kg at her next attempt, before culminating with a massive lift of 142.0kg.
Egypt’s Fatma Omar finished in second place with her lift of 140kg.
China’s Yan Yang won the Bronze medal with a distant 128kg.
Ejike’s medal is Nigeria’s fifth at the ongoing Games and third Gold medal behind Roland Ezuruike and Paul Kehinde, who also dominated their respective categories in the Powerlifting event.
Latifat Tijani and Esther Onyema won Silver medals.
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