Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo has once again etched her name into the history books, breaking her own world record in the women’s over 86kg para-powerlifting event.
The 40-year-old lifted an astonishing 168kg to win gold at the 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday.
NEW WORLD RECORD! 💥
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Folashade Oluwafemiayo 🇳🇬 lifts 168kg to break her own record in the women’s over 86kg! 🏋️♀️🔥
Now a 4-time world & 2-time Paralympic champion — her latest Paralympic gold came in Paris 2024. 🥇
🥈 Zhu 🇨🇳
🥉 Rozbahani 🇮🇷#Cairo2025 #ParaPowerlifting pic.twitter.com/zLDMMOnqqP
China’s Wenjun Zhu claimed silver, while Iran’s Nikoo Rozbahani took bronze.
The triumph marks Oluwafemiayo’s fourth world title, adding to her previous victories in Mexico City (2017), Nur-Sultan (2019), and Tbilisi (2021).
Oluwafemiayo improved on her previous record of 167kg set at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, where she became the first para-athlete achieve that feat. She won gold and set a world record she has now surpassed.
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It was a remarkable day for Team Nigeria, as Rita Ferdinard also won gold on her World Championship debut in the women’s 79kg category with a best lift of 148kg.
Tolulope Ogundolie added silver in the women’s 41kg class, further underlining Nigeria’s strength in para-powerlifting.
