Paralympics: Lucy Breaks Record, wins Gold for Nigeria
It was a massive Sunday for Team Nigeria at the Rio Paralympics as Lucy Ejike won gold for Nigeria in a very sensational fashion. The Team Nigeria captain earned global attention by smashing the Paralympic and World Records three successive times while dominating the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting event.
Egypt’s Fatma Omar finished in the second position with her lift of 140kg while China’s Yan Yang won the bronze medal lifting 128kg.
The achievements of the other two athletes were however drowned by what Lucy was able to do at the Riocentro Pavillion 2. The Nigeria captain started off with a successful lift at 136.0kg, which then became a new Paralympic Record and World Record as well. The Nigerian who was also a star of the London Paralympics then improved her record by lifting 138.0kg at her next attempt, before completing the quality outing with a massive lift of 142.0kg. Egypt’s Omar had lifted 140kg which prompted the Nigerian to ask for 142kg.
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