Tag: Paralympics
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Paris 2024: How Team Nigeria ended 2024 Paralympics
Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo on Sunday broke her own world record in the women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France to bring the overall medals Team Nigeria won at the Paralympics to seven (7).
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Paralympics: Omolayo wins Nigeria’s 6th medal
Powerlifter Bose Omolayo on Saturday added to Team Nigeria’s medals haul by winning the silver medal in the women’s 79 kilogrammes event of the Paralympic Games in Paris, France. Omolayo lifted 145kg to place second behind China’s Han Miaoyu who lifted 154kg to win the gold medal and set a new world record.
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Paralympics: Ugwunwa wins javelin’s silver to give Team Nigeria fifth medal
Team Nigeria on Saturday in Paris at the 2024 Paralympic Games added a silver medal to its haul, after Flora Ugwunwa won in the women’s javelin throw event. Ugwunwa, who competed in the women’s F54 category of the athletics event, achieved a throw
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Paralympics: Sports Minister reacts as Onyinyechi wins gold
Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh has congratulated Onyinyechi Mark for winning Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, France.
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BREAKING: Onyinyechi Mark wins gold medal for Nigeria at Paralympics
Onyinyechi Mark has won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, France, smashing her own World Record by lifting a breathtaking weight of 150kg.
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Paralympics: Team Nigeria wins second medal
Team Nigeria on Wednesday won its second medal in powerlifting events at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris. Esther Nworgu won silver medal in the women 41kg category. Eniola Bolaji had earlier won bronze medal in badminton events.
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Paralympics: Speaker Abbas hails Nigeria’s Bolaji for Africa’s first badminton win
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has congratulated Nigerian athlete, Bolaji Eniola Mariam, for winning the first medal for Nigeria and becoming the first-ever African to win a medal in Para Badminton at the ongoing Paralympic Games. Speaker Abbas noted that Bolaji’s performance and victory at the Paralympics was a testament…
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Paralympics: Nigeria qualify for table tennis quarter-final
The duo of Isau Ogunkunle and Kayode Alabi have qualified for the Men Class 4 and 6 single events at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris.
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BREAKING: Bolaji wins Nigeria’s first medal at Paralympics
Eniola Bolaji has won the first medal for Nigeria in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. She defeated Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 2-0 (21-9 and 21-9) to win the bronze medal in para badminton in the Women Singles SL3 category.
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Paralympics: We are disappointed – Sports Minister reacts as Bolaji loses semifinal
Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh has expressed disappointment after Nigerian Para badminton sensation, Eniola Bolaji, on Sunday lost her semi-final match in the Women Singles SL3 category to Xiao Zuxian of China, at the ongoing Paralympic Games in France.