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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Powerlifting has produced seven of the medals won so far by Team Nigeria at games, which ends on September 18.
Pascoe claimed gold in the Women’s 200m individual medley SM10, taking out her third medal including second gold at this year’s Paralympic Games.
With Nwosu’s latest feat, Team Nigeria now has five gold medals and is ninth on the overall medals’ log.
Nigeria’s Paralympians are doing their best to make up for the poor performance at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Foy, who only entered the sport of Para-Cycling just over three years ago, was joined by sighted pilot Thompson who brings extensive Paralympic Games experience after winning the trifecta of medals at London 2012.
Much of the country’s success has been down to their dominance on the powerlifting benches.
Prior to Monday’s feat by Onye and Nwosu, Tunisia was leading the continent’s medal haul with four gold medals but Nigeria overtook the North Africa with Onye setting a new world record in the women’s shot put F40 of athletic event.
The one hundredth Rio 2016 Paralympic world record to fall occurred early Sunday at the Olympic Aquatic Center at Olympic Park when Chinese swimmer Liu Benying set the new S2 50m men’s freestyle record at 54.05s.
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Ejike, who was the country’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, is the third Nigerian to win gold, joined by Roland Ezuruike and Paul Kehinde. Cao Ningning won the Gold.
