With Nwosu’s latest feat, Team Nigeria now has five gold medals and is ninth on the overall medals’ log.
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Innocent Nnamdi got Nigeria’s only bronze in Powerlifting’s Men’s -72 kg.
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.
Jon-Allan Butterworth became the first former British serviceman who is a veteran of the Afghanistan or Iraq wars to win Paralympic gold.
With nine medals already in the bag, Paralympics NZ’s goal of achieving 18 medals by the end of competition looks promising.
On her first outing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, she won silver in the Women’s 50m Freestyle S10 and on her second outing a day later, she won a gold in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S10.
The four of James Fox, Pam Relph, Dan Brown and Grace Clough shouted and punched the air as the Paralympics squad looked to repeat the success on the water than their Olympic colleagues had achieved.
Eventual Silver medallist Egypt’s Fatma Omar had tried to toe the line of the Nigerian, but had to settle for 2nd place with her lift of 140kg.
Cao Ningning (C) of China reacts during the medal presenting ceremony after Men’s Singles Class 5 Gold Medal Match of Table Tennis against Valentin Baus of German at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 12, 2016.
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Meanwhile China maintained her lead on the overall medals table with 41gold, 33silver and 24bronze while Britain with 24 gold is second, Ukraine is third with 19 gold and U.S. remains fourth with 13 gold.
