Tag: Tokyo Paralympics
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Photo: Team Nigeria ends Tokyo Paralympics with 10 medals
Team Nigeria ended its Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games campaign on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, raking in one more gold and a bronze medal.
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Iyiazi wins shot put bronze to increase Team Nigeria’s Paralympics medals haul
Eucharia Iyiazi on Thursday increased Team Nigeria’s medals haul at the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo by winning a bronze medal in the women’s seated shot put event. In the final of the event’s F57 class at the Olympic Stadium, Iyiazi had a season best throw of 10.40 metres to finish third and claim…
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Tokyo Paralympics: Agunbiade/Olufemi pair advances to table tennis team semi-finals
The pair of Tajudeen Agunbiade and Alabi Olufemi on Tuesday in Tokyo qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s team event of the table tennis competition at the 2020 Paralympics. In the Class 9 to 10 quarter-final fixture at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, the Nigerian duo defeated the Montenegro pair of Luka Bakic and Filip…
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Oluwafemiayo wins powerlifting gold with world, Paralympic records
Folasade Oluwafemiayo increased Team Nigeria’s medals haul at the ongoing 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo on Monday by winning the gold medal in the women’s -86kg event of the powerlifting competition. The 36-year-old won the event with a bang by setting a new world record, as well as Paralympic record wi9th a lift of 152kg. The…
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Tokyo Paralympics: Nigeria’s Obiji wins silver in power lifting
loveline Obiji’s best lift of 147 kg on Monday was good enough to win silver medal for Nigeria in the women’s power lifting +86kg event at the ongoing 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obiji recorded her best lift of 147 kg to take the second position in her…
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Tokyo Paralympics: Nigeria’s Omolayo wins gold in power lifting
Bose Omolayo’s best lift of 141 kg on Sunday was good enough to win gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s power lifting -79kg in the ongoing 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omolayo recorded the best lift of 141 kg to take the first position in her category.…
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Ejike, Ibrahim clinch bronze medals in powerlifting
Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike and Olaitan Ibrahim on Saturday won bronze medals in powerlifting events at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. In the finals of the events held at the Tokyo International Forum, Ejike who was battling for her fourth Paralympic gold in the women’s 61kg had to settle for bronze. Ejike, a three-time Paralympic and…
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4 Team Nigeria members crash out of para-table tennis
Team Nigeria’s losses in the para-table tennis competition of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo seem not to be abating as the four players who were in action on Friday all lost their games. The quartet of Ahmed Koleosho, Tajudeen Agunbiade, Alabi Olufemi and Faith Obazuaye ended up on the losing side, thereby failing to progress…
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Tokyo Paralympics : Nigeria records first win in table tennis
Nigeria’s Tajundeen Agunbiade defeated Yi Qing Zhao of China 3-2 to record first win in the table tennis event of the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Agunbiade on Thursday defeated Yi Qing Zhao of China 3-2 (11-7 11-5 7-11 6-11 11-5 ) in Group B Class 9…
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Tijani wins gold for Nigeria’s first Tokyo Paralympics medal
Latifat Tijani put Team Nigeria on the medals table at the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday by winning the women’s -45kg event of the powerlifting competition. The 39-year-old Ogun indigene had a best lift of 107kg to rank first and win the competition’s gold medal at the Tokyo International Forum. The News…