This is Pascoe’s third medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, after winning gold yesterday in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S10 and silver the day before in the Women’s 50m Freestyle S10 after posting a personal best time.
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Omolayo set a new record of 138kg in Day 5 of the events as she lived to her reputation as the favorite for the title.
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.
Tzu-Hui lifted 131kg to pip Mexico’s Perla Barcenas who thought she had earned it at 126kg.
Six of the total haul are gold, with two silver and a bronze medal.
The first bronze medal for Nigeria was won by Nnamdi Innocent in the men’s -72kg of Powerlifting.
Ejike achieved her feat in astonishing style as she shattered the Paralymics and World record three successive times to dominate the women’s -61kg event in powerlifting.
(IranSportsPress.com| PressTV)- Iranian archers have picked up a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jody Cundy, Jon-Allan Butterworth and Louis Rolfe’s eighth gold in the velodrome came after an earlier gold from Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall who won the women’s tandem B 3km pursuit.
New Zealand have four gold medals, shared between Sophie Pascoe, Mary Fisher and Anna Grimaldi.
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Already, the country’s three entries in para table tennis have all been knocked out of the singles events.
