Team Nigeria’s captain at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics Games, Lucy Ejike, has added another gold medal to the country’s medal haul.
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Sophie Pascoe pays tribute to her friend who died of cancer The Kiwi won gold in the Paralympics backstroke after losing training partner Hayley Edmond on September 1.
If you’re in need of some motivation, I suggest you look no further than the incredible humans that make up the one-thousand-strong Paralympic team of Rio 2016. The Australian Sports Drug Agency revealed the result during final preparations and departures of the Australian Paralympic team for Brazil. She was an immensely versatile athlete, winning Paralympic medals in javelin, shot put, discus, swimming, archery, and modern pentathlon from 1968 to 1980.
The Christchurch swimmer dominated the 200m individual medley SM10 final, thanks largely to a great butterfly leg. Pascoe beat the record she set in London four years ago by more than half-a-second, finishing about six seconds ahead of Canadian Aurelie Rivard. “I’ve been doing it for a year and a half and now, being on top of the world, it’s incredible”.
ParalympicsGB have roared into second place in the medals table after winning a flurry of events on day two of the Rio Paralympics.
Speaking to broadcaster Channel 4 after the race, Cox said: “I’m over the moon”. “By the time Tokyo 2020 comes along I might not even be in a position to take part in one event”.
“I came here for a personal best – I didn’t think I’d get a medal as well”. I got myself race ready, doing my pre-race rituals, doing the warm-up, getting into the call room.
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China’s Lei Liu took Gold with a lift of 221kg, smashing the Paralympic Record and World Record, while Iraq’s Rasool Mohsin clinched Silver with a lift of 220kg. “And now the 400 is an event we’ve never had for my classification, so I’m just elated that I was able to start off my Games with this performance and now I’m looking forward to a week from now in the 100 metres”.
