Tokyo Paralympics: Nigeria Wins First Gold Medal As Latifat Tijani Defeats China’S Zhe Cui In Powerlifting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 26, 2021
She won the gold on Thursday in women’s 45kg powerlifting.
Tijani defeated China’s Zhe Cui to lift 107kg.
Latifat Tijani was gold medalist at the Brazzaville 2015 Africa Games
and silver medalist at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, who will also be in the
women’s 45kg straight gold medal contest same day.
On his part, Team Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan missed out on a podium
placement in men’s 49kg Powerlifting.
He finished fourth with his best lift of 155k                                                                                                                                   Adesokan attempted 161kg on his last attempt to snatch Bronze from Azerbaijan’s Parvin Mammadov who lifted 156kg, but failed to lift it.
Adesokan was a London 2012 Paralympic and 2014 World Para
Powerlifting Championships gold medalist.