Team Nigeria’s contingent at the Rio 2016 Paralympics have continued their impressive form at the games.
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That was because for the first time Paralympics gold medals can be heard by visually-impaired athletes.
Earlier on Monday, Iran women’s national sitting volleyball team defeated Rwanda 3-0 (25-10, 25-19 and 25-18) in a Pool B preliminary round match. Through its sixth day, the Rio Paralympics have seen 132 world records fall, and 214 Paralympic records.
Team Nigeria’s captain at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Lucy Ejike has demonstrated that she is a leader indeed, shattering the Paralympic and World Record three successive times to dominate the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting.
Paralympic long jumper Stef Reid also claimed success winning silver in the Long Jump T44.
One gold medal was won in Athletics through Onye Lauritta in Women’s Shot Put – F40.
When Paralympics GB’s 23 bronze medals are added to the tally, the team now has a total of 75 medals.
“I’m overflowing with thanks and joy and everything, I couldn’t do it without the people I have around me”.
“Irrespective of the complicated situation, I believe that the Paralympic committee of Russian Federation needs to restore dialogue with the IPC”, he says.
Already, the country’s three entries in para table tennis have all been knocked out of the singles events. For India, given the treatment meted out to Olympic athletes/medal-winners vis-a-vis Paralympics ones, the answer is an unfortunate “yes”.
Despite this, he has been competing in the sport since the age of 11, after being spotted by five-time Paralympic champion Kenny Cairns at a Dundee gala.
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Lora Turnham and her pilot Corrine Hall also won track cycling gold – eight of Britain’s 12 medals over the four days of competition were gold – in the tandem 3km pursuit.
