🇳🇬GOLD MEDAL
— Senator John Owan Enoh (@OwanEnoh) September 6, 2024
WORLD RECORD.
Congratulations Onyinyechi Mark!
Today, you hoisted the flag of our great nation at the ongoing Paralympics, having won Nigeria’s first Olympic Gold medal at the ongoing Paralympics. Not only did you lift 147kg to break the Paralympics record and win… pic.twitter.com/stFoiK6MGJ
Nigerian powerlifter Onyinyechi Mark has won the gold medal in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category at the ongoing 2024 Paris Paralympics in France.
She lifted an impressive 150kg, triumphing over China’s Cui Jianjin, who claimed silver with a lift of 140kg, and Mexico’s Amelia Perez, who took the bronze medal with a lift of 130kg.
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