Nigerian weightlifter Lucy Ejike has shattered the Paralympic and world record three successive times by winning gold with a lift of 142kg at the Rio Games on Sunday.
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Team Nigeria contingent at the Rio 2016 Paralympics have continued their impressive form on Day 5 at the games.
The Kiwi swimming sensation dominated the 200m individual medley in Rio, setting a new mark of 2min 24.90sec.
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.
The Kiwi swimmer started competing at just the age of 15 at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. “So I can go back and have a look at it and see what I need to do to make my next race better”. Hannelore Brenner was forced to withdraw the 11-year-old Kawango after the Siztus gelding sustained an injury just two days before he was due to fly to Rio.
It is New Zealand’s ninth medal of the Paralympics.
Toby Gold took silver and Andrew Small took silver and bronze in the men’s T33 100m on the track.
Great Britain is second with 56 medals (23 golds, 14 silvers, 19 bronzes), and Ukraine is third with a total of 49 medals (18 golds, 13 silvers and 18 bronzes). The Castleknock 17-year-old made her global debut in 2014 at the IPC World Championships, swimming three PBs, while also setting PBs in all three events she took part in at the 2015 World Championships.
Wheelchair user Cockroft was several lengths ahead of her nearest rival in the track event in the Olympic Stadium.
Pascoe finished nearly six seconds ahead of the silver medal victor Aurelie Rivard of Canada.
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Not to be outdone by Cox, Cockroft smashed her own Paralympic record to defend the sprint crown she won in London.
