Paralympics Ukrainian team has won 12 medals on the fourth day of competitions in Rio: 6 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine wrote on its official Facebook page.
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At the London 2012 Paralympics, Poles won 36 medals and took ninth place in the overall medals classification.
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But perhaps more significantly, the achievements of Nigeria’s Paralympians have cast those of their able-bodied counterparts into the shadows.
With the three gold won yesterday, Nigeria sits atop the African countries with a total of 10 medals (7G, 2S, 1B) while Tunisia is now second with 10 medals (4G, 4S, 2B), South Africa has eight medals (3G, 3S, 2B), Algeria nine medals (1G, 4S, 4B) and Egypt has seven medals (1G, 3S, 3B).
Lepiato repeated his feat from the Paralympic Games four years ago in London.
Much of the country’s success has been down to their dominance on the powerlifting benches.
Bose Omolayo has increased Nigeria’s gold medal tally at the ongoing Rio Paralympics to six after shattering her own world record in the -79Kg powerlifting event.
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On Sunday, Lucy Ejike set a new world record when winning the gold medal of the women’s -61kg. Two silver medals also came in powerlifting courtesy of Esther Onyema and Latifat Tijani, while Nnamdi Innocent collected bronze in the 72kg men’s category.
