Nigeria's Josephine Orji has broken the World Record at the Rio 2016 Paralympics
Nigerian power-lifter, Josephine Orji, shattered the world record of the women’s -+86kg power-lifting event at the ongoing 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio, Brazil after lifting a 154kg to win the gold medal.
The 37-year-old Nigerian established a big gap with Marzena Zieba of Poland who won the silver medal with a lift of 134kg, while Melaica Tuinfort of The Netherlands won the bronze medal by lifting 130kg.
The gold medal is Nigeria’s eighth at the 2016 Paralympics. Team Nigeria is comfortably seated in the 10th position on the overall medals table with eight gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
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